Esse

//ˈɛsi//

"Esse" in a Sentence (5 examples)

Hence it is that the Univerſe, which was created from his Eſſe, and which regarded as to Uſes is his Image, obtained theſe three in all and ſingular the Things appertaining to it.

[…]that is his proprium, since the esse of the life of man is his will;

In like manner Christians treading closely on the heels of Jews, notwithstanding all the divine miracles, which accompanied their first establishment, iu^([sic]) order to call them from the Deistical worship of a supreme esse, extended through all space, and to fix them in the exclusive acknowledgement of the one God in a divine human form, are equally guilty of idolatry, in worshipping Gods or persons, that have no real existence.

Essence is a being by an esse which the essence is. Substance is a being by an esse which the substance is. Ens is a being by an esse which the ens is.

Agreed, if there are as many esse'''s in an individual as there are forms in that individual, then a plurality of substantial forms in an individual implies a plurality of substantial esse'''s in that individual, just as a plurality of accidental forms in an individual implies a plurality of accidental esse'''s in that individual.

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