We're going to design a computer with you from first principles.

Who worked out the structure of the language from first principles, then?

And I had the same thought that you did, which is start from first principles.

This results from the nature and fundamental principles of our government.

To see why, it's helpful to start from first principles.

Its management decided to start from first principles by developing critical success factors.

"I won't compromise with any deal that is separate from democratic principles."

It therefore is not a theory derived from first principles.

In the 1940s, models were first derived from basic physical principles.

Others believed the Court made no major departure from previous principles.