What is principia?

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What is principia?

Answer 1

Principia could refer to:

Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Isaac Newton's three-volume work containing explanations of his laws of motion and his law of universal gravitation

Principia philosophiae, a major work by René Descartes



Principia Mathematica, Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell's axiomatic work on mathematics

Principia Ethica, a seminal work in metaethics by G. E. Moore

Principia Discordia, a major holy book in Discordianism

The Principia, a religion-based preschool, gradeschool, boarding highschool, and college

The Principia (book), a book by Emanuel Swedenborg

Answer 2

PRINCIPIA

- (Latin) building for the administrative offices of a Roman fort; the principia could hold records, storerooms and the soldiers’ pay.

- In a Roman castrum or fortification where the Standard of the Legion were kept. It was also a place of meeting.

- The central headquarters building a fort or fortress