Terms containing principle of the thing

Subject	English	Russian
lit.	man who by his proof of the fact of evolution was the Copernicus, and by his establishment of the principle of natural selection was the Newton of the realm of living things.	Чарлз Дарвин, доказав факт эволюции, стал Коперником, а утвердив принцип естественного отбора,— Ньютоном для науки о живом. (G. de Beer)
amer.	principle of the thing	дело принципа (– Does he have a history of drug abuse? – Not even close. It was a speeding ticket. – He fought to get a ticket off his record. – It was the principle of the thing. At least, that's what Peck said in this meticulous 78-page brief he sent the judge Taras)