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Essence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠(as eidos) not something unique for each object. On the contrary, an essence is something that can be shared by many objects.

Essence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠commonplace and the intuition of essence is commonplace.

Essence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not quintessence, but dispersion. The essence of a fragrance cannot be sought in something contained... uncontainment is the clue to the perfumer's vocation as well as the wine-taster's calling.

Essence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠possessed by phenomena and grasped in an immediate seeing (while phenomena don't have, as it were, a 'nature').

Essence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠suggestive of a democracy of presentation instead of what is taken to be a mystical and hidden act.

An Essence (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠though it appears only within the insights of individuals, of examples, is irreducible to individuals. It is timeless and spaceless (the phenomenon of time itself is time less, too-it does not contain the real time.