arche

Examples

• All

• We cannot reconsider our arche on a daily or even generational basis.

  Academic text (1994)

• My worry is that this is not at all the arche in the sense implied by the articulations of Heraclitus.

  Academic text (2017)

• In ancient philosophy, the concept of arche refers to the original principle from which all things develop.

• According to Aristotle, the arche is the fundamental starting point for understanding the nature of existence.

• Many philosophers have debated the arche, seeking to identify the first cause of the universe.

Synonyms

G

germ

vsarche

11 5.6

A first small idea that leads to something bigger

points to a metaphysical first cause rather than a simple initial seed

H

historical root

vsarche

1 5.2

The origin in the past from which something developed

emphasizes the original first cause, not just historical emergence

F

fundament

vsarche

1 9.4

A basic idea that something is built on

is the original first cause concept in ancient philosophical thought

P

principium

vsarche

• Formal

9.9

A basic idea or starting point that explains other things

is more about a single ancient first cause for development

P

pangenesis

vsarche

• Archaic

9.9

The idea that all things in the universe come from one source

focuses on a single originating principle rather than universal creation

How Fundamental

first cause

• Formal

2 9.9

arche

• Specialized

7 9.9

origin

228 2.7

cause

∞ 1.8

Surface Forms

Etymology