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Here the Latin phrase primum non nocere “First, do no harm” should be the guide.
RETURN TO PROSPERITY Arthur B. Laffer 2010
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This is the sense in which it is used by St. Thomas in the treatment of natural law; in this sense it is usually called primum principium.
The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997
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"Being" he calls the primum philosophicum, because in the mental order it is the primum psychologicum, and in the order of existing things it is the primum ontologicum; it is the common foundation of all reality and all knowledge.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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The word primum seems to allude to some faint and unsuccessful efforts which were made towards restoring them to the people.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765
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The sphere which approaches most nearly to it is called the primum mobile.
Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages William Ralph Inge 1907
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The word primum seems to allude to some faint and unsuccessful efforts which were made towards restoring them to the people.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Medical ethics begins with the principle primum non nocere, Do No Harm.
First Rule of Management: First, Do No Harm | Managing Greatness 2010
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Medical ethics begins with the principle primum non nocere, Do No Harm.
First Rule of Management: First, Do No Harm | Managing Greatness 2010
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Sed, si in infinitum procederetur, non esset demonstratio; quia quaelibet demonstrationis conclusio redditur certa per reductionem eius in primum demonstrationis principium: quod non esset si in infinitum demonstratio sursum procederet.
June 18th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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In medical school, I was tought the principle of “primum non nocere” or “first, do no harm.”
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Is Weight-Loss Advice Unethical? 2009
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