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Axiom Principle Postulates Universally Science Long Mine Things

word axiom
sentence “It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
definition [noun]
1. (philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
2. (logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).
3. An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.

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