esse

Examples

• All

• Thus, the esse of Christ is the esse of the Word of God.

  Academic text (1991)

• Relation is not a substance, an esse in se; therefore, it does not have autonomous existence.

  Academic text (2004)

• Since there is only one esse, there is only one operation.

  Academic text (1991)

• Thomas agrees that both esse and operation belong to the notion of person by nature, but in different ways.

  Academic text (1991)

• Relation is an accident, an esse in alio; it is being in another.

  Academic text (2004)

• Actio sequitur esse: Action follows being.

  Academic text (1999)

• The fourth argument held that the one esse of Christ belongs to the subsisting hypostasis, and thus to the saving work of Christ.

  Academic text (1991)

• Second, one recognizes that creaturely intelligibility depends on God; esse commune is nothing without esse subsistens.

  Academic text (2008)

• In other words, ens commune defines the subject of metaphysics, for being does not exist except as received by essence; however, if we are to define the esse common to all created being, it should be identified as esse commune, as distinct from esse divinum.

  Academic text (2008)

• In philosophy, the concept of esse helps us understand the nature of existence.

Synonyms

E

essence

vsesse

441 4.8

The central idea or most important part of something

highlights existence or essential nature especially in philosophical discussion

T

thing-in-itself

vsesse

• Specialized

1 9.9

What something really is apart from how people see it

covers essential nature or existence in general not only independence from perception

O

ousia

vsesse

• Specialized

9.9

The basic nature that makes something what it is

emphasizes existence or essential nature rather than substance

E

eidos

vsesse

• Formal

9.9

A perfect form that real things copy

focuses on existence or essential nature rather than ideal perfection

E

essentiality

vsesse

7.7

How much something is needed

refers to essential nature or existence rather than necessity or obligation

Idioms

E

to esse est percipi

• Formal

9.9

To exist only when people notice you or it

Compounds

E

esse est percipi

• Formal

9.9

A view that things exist only when someone notices them

Surface Forms

Etymology