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ESSENCE
"In philosophy, ESSENCE, is the atribute or set of attributes that make an object or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity. Essence is contrasted with accident: a property that the object or substance has contingently, without which the substance can still retain its identity. The concept orginates with Aristotle, who used the Greek expression
to ti en einai, literally 'the what it was to be', or sometimes the shorter phrase
to it esti, literally 'the what it is,' for the same idea. This phrase presented such difficulties for his Latin translators that they coined the word
essentia to represent the whole expression. For Aristotle and his scholastic followers the motion of essence is closely linked to that of definition (
horismos)."
We can develop harmony in our inner world an din th world around us when w ensure that all elements interact pleasantly. But if even on epart is out of sync, it can- like a splash of incompatible color in a painting- produce disharmony. Sometimes we can spot incongruity i objects around us and see a "correction" quickly. - NOW! The Art of Being Truly Present by Jean Smith
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