essentia
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The strongest of them are called essential oils, after the medieval alchemist’s notion of quinta essentia, a fifth essence of heavenly origin — a life force — to be extracted from terrestrial materials.
From New York Times • May 10, 2021
"Substantiae nomen significat essentiam cui competit sic esse, id est per se esse; quod tamen esse non est ipsa ejus essentia."
From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Paradise by Norton, Charles Eliot
Unde essentia angeli non est ejus potentia intellectiva, nec alicujus creati essentia est ejus operativa potentia.”—ibid., q.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
R. De Christi essentia ita statuo, illum esse hominem.
From Christian Sects in the Nineteenth Century by Cornwallis, Caroline Frances
Nec in angelo, nec in aliqua creatura, virtus vel potentia operativa est idem quod sua essentia....
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter