{2d02 essentia}

Meaning | The essence of a thing is what the mind (minimally) needs to conceive the thing. E.g. for a thing to be a circle, it does not need a colour, but the mind can not conceive a circle when there is not a centre to which all its points have the same distance, so such a centre must be part of the essence of a circle
Mantras [what is] | Dei aeterna et infinita essentia essentia seu [mng-eqv] natura essentia involvit existentiam
Related concepts | the essentia-sense of natura
Occurrence | [geomap] Preoccurs from {1d01}

{1d01 causa sui} ... two highly technical and complicated strings expressing the same meaning ... introducing the linchpin mantra essentia involvit existentiam (details) ...
... that of which the essence involves existence, or that of which the nature is only conceivable as existent. | ... id cujus essentia involvit existentiam sive [mng-eqv] id cujus natura non potest concipi nisi existens.

1d06e absolutus-suo genere infinitus ... why God {1d06} is defined as absolute infinitus NOT as in suo genere finitus ...
... I say absolutely infinite, not infinite after its kind: for, of a thing infinite only after its kind, infinite attributes may be denied; but that which is absolutely infinite, contains in its essence whatever expresses reality, and involves no negation. | .. Dico absolute infinitum, non autem in suo genere; quicquid enim in suo genere tantum infinitum est, infinita de eo attributa negare possumus; quod autem absolute infinitum est, ad ejus essentiam pertinet quicquid essentiam exprimit et negationem nullam involvit.

{1p07 substanti existere} ... essentia involvit necessario existentiam means the same as naturam pertinet existere ...
... its essence necessarily involves existence, or existence belongs to its nature. | ... ipsius essentia involvit necessario existentiam sive [mng-eqv] ad ejus naturam pertinet existere ...

{2d02 essentia} ... essentia, used crucially in Pars Prima, features in Pars Secunda in a formal dico (intelligo) - definition ... the two-way condition implies that the essence of a thing must be a property of it that is unique, not shared by anything else ...
... I consider as belonging to the essence of a thing that, which being given, the thing is necessarily given also, and, which being removed, the thing is necessarily removed also; in other words, that without which the thing, and which itself without the thing, can neither be nor be conceived. | ... Ad essentiam alicujus rei id pertinere dico quo dato res necessario ponitur et quo sublato res necessario tollitur; vel [mng-eqv] id sine quo res et vice versa id quod sine re nec esse nec concipi potest.

2p10s2 essentia concipere II. Def. ii. ... an explanation of definition {2d02 essentia} ...
... My intention here was only to give a reason for not saying, that that, without which a thing cannot be or be conceived, belongs to the essence of that thing: individual things cannot be or be conceived without God, yet God does not appertain to their essence. I said that "I considered as belonging to the essence of a thing that, which being given, the thing is necessarily given also, and which being removed, the thing is necessarily removed also; or that without which the thing, and which itself without the thing can neither be nor be conceived." (II. Def. ii.) | ... Nam meum intentum hic tantum fuit causam reddere cur non dixerim id ad essentiam alicujus rei pertinere sine quo res nec esse nec concipi potest; nimirum quia res singulares non possunt sine Deo esse nec concipi et tamen Deus ad earum essentiam non pertinet sed id necessario essentiam alicujus rei constituere dixi quo dato, res ponitur et quo sublato, res tollitur vel id sine quo res et vice versa id quod sine re nec esse nec concipi potest. (II. Def. ii.)

{2p37 commune nullius essentiam} ... (analoguous to 2p10s2 quoted above) what is common to all can not be the essence of any ... (but see next quote) ...
... That which is common to all ... and which is equally in a part and in the whole, does not constitute the essence of any particular thing. | ... Id quod omnibus commune ... quodque que in parte ac in toto est, nullius rei singularis essentiam constituit.
... If this be denied, conceive, if possible, that it constitutes the essence of some particular thing; for instance, the essence of B. Then (II. Def. ii.) it cannot without B either exist or be conceived; but this is against our hypothesis. Therefore it does not appertain to B's essence, nor does it constitute the essence of any particular thing ... | ... Si negas, concipe si fieri potest, id essentiam alicujus rei singularis constituere nempe essentiam B. Ergo (per definitionem 2 hujus {2d02}) id sine B non poterit esse neque concipi; atqui hoc est contra hypothesin : ergo id ad essentiam B non pertinet nec alterius rei singularis essentiam constituit ...

{2p38 omnibus communia non concipi nisi adaequate} ... but exactly those common properties (see quote of {2p37} above) that can only be conceived adequately ...
... things, which are common to all, and which are equally in a part and in the whole, cannot be conceived except adequately. | ... Illa quae omnibus communia quaeque que in parte ac in toto sunt, non possunt concipi nisi adaequate.

{3p04 nisi a causa externa destrui} ... the standard for definitions: they should affirm the essence of the thing ...
... definition of anything affirms the essence of that thing, but does not negative it; in other words, it postulates the essence of the thing, but does not take it away ... | ... definitio enim cujuscunque rei ipsius rei essentiam affirmat sed non negat sive [mng eqv] rei essentiam ponit sed non tollit ...

{3p57 individui affectus essentia} ... from which transpires that different individuals (can)have different essences ...
... Any emotion of a given individual differs from the emotion of another individual, only in so far as the essence of the one individual differs from the essence of the other. | ... Quilibet uniuscujusque individui affectus ab affectu alterius tantum discrepat quantum essentia unius ab essentia alterius differt.

{4p61 cupiditas ex ratione excessum nequit} ... essentia and natura mean the same ...
... the actual essence or nature of man ... | ... .hominis essentia seu [mng-eqv] natura ...

Equivalence claims involving essentia
{1d01} [notes] | 1. cause of itself 2. that of which the essence involves existence 3. that of which the nature cannot be understood except in state of existence | 1. causa sui 2. [id cujus] essentia involvit existentiam 3. id cujus natura non potest concipi nisi existens.
{1d04} [notes] | 1. attribute 2. that which the intellect perceives as constituting the essence of substance. | 1. attributum 2. id quod intellectus de substantia percipit tanquam ejusdem essentiam constituens.
{1d06} [notes] | 1. God 2. a being absolutely infinite-that is, a substance consisting in infinite attributes, of which each expresses eternal and infinite essentiality. | 1. Deum 2. ens absolute infinitum hoc est substantiam constantem infinitis attributis quorum unumquodque aeternam et infinitam essentiam exprimit.
{1p07} | 1. be its own cause 2. its essence necessarily involves existence 3. existence belongs to its nature. | 1. est causa sui 2. ipsius essentia involvit necessario existentiam 3. ad ejus naturam pertinet existere.
{1p19} | 1. the essence of the divine substance 2. that which appertains to substance | 1. divinae substantiae essentiam 2. id quod ad substantiam pertinet
{1p36} | 1. nature 2. essence | 1. naturam 2. essentiam
{2d01} [notes] | 1. body 2. a mode which expresses in a certain determinate manner the essence of God, in so far as he is considered as an extended thing. | 1. corpus 2. modum qui Dei essentiam quatenus ut res extensa consideratur, certo et determinato modo exprimit
{2d02} [notes] | 1. the essence of a thing 2. that, which being given, the thing is necessarily given also, and, which being removed, the thing is necessarily removed 3. that without which the thing, and which itself without the thing, can neither be nor be conceived. | 1. essentiam alicujus rei 2. quo dato res necessario ponitur et quo sublato res necessario tollitur 3. id sine quo res et vice versa id quod sine re nec esse nec concipi potest.
{2p10} | 1. The being of substance does not appertain to the essence of man 2. substance does not constitute the actual being of man. | 1. Ad essentiam hominis non pertinet esse substantiae 2. substantia formam hominis non constituit.
{2p11c} | [about God] 1. so far as he is displayed through the nature of the human mind 2. in so far as he constitutes the essence of the human mind | [De Deo] 1. quatenus per naturam humanae mentis explicatur 2. quatenus humanae mentis essentiam constituit
{3p04} | [About the definition of a thing] 1. affirms the essence of that thing, but does not negative it 2. postulates the essence of the thing, but does not take it away. | [De definitioni rei]1. ipsius rei essentiam affirmat sed non negat 2. rei essentiam ponit sed non tollit.
{3p07} | [About res] 1. wherefore the power of any given thing 2. the endeavour whereby, either alone or with other things, it acts, or endeavours to act 3. the power or endeavour, wherewith it endeavours to persist in its own being, 4. the given or actual essence of the thing in question. | [De rei] 1.quare cujuscunque rei potentia 2. conatus quo ipsa vel [excl exh] sola vel [excl exh] cum aliis quidquam agit vel [non-excl non-exh] agere conatur 3. potentia sive [mng eqv] conatus quo in suo esse perseverare conatur 4. ipsius rei datam sive [mng eqv] actualem essentiam.
{3p55} | 1. The essence of the mind only affirms that which the mind is, or can do 2. it is the mind's nature to imagine only such things as assert its power of activity | 1. Mentis essentia id tantum quod mens est et potest, affirmat 2. de natura mentis est ea tantummodo imaginari quae ipsius agendi potentiam ponunt
{3p56} | 1. desire 2. each man's essence or nature, in so far as it is conceived as determined to a particular action by any given modification [Lat: affectiones] of itself | 1. cupiditas 2. ipsa uniuscujusque essentia seu [mng eqv] natura quatenus ex data quacunque ejus constitutione determinata concipitur ad aliquid agendum
{3p56} | 1. essence 2. nature | 1. essentia 2. natura
{3p57} | 1. essence 2. nature | 1. essentia 2. natura
{3de01} [notes] | 1. Desire 2. the actual essence of man, in so far as it is conceived, as determined to a particular activity by some given modification [Lat: affectiones] of itself. | 1.Cupiditas 2. ipsa hominis essentia quatenus ex data quacunque ejus affectione determinata concipitur ad aliquid agendum.
{4d03} [notes] | 1. contingent particular things 2. [particular things] which, while regarding their essence only, we find nothing therein, which necessarily asserts their existence or excludes it. | 1. [Res singulares] contingentes 2. [Res singulares] quatenus dum ad earum solam essentiam attendimus, nihil invenimus quod earum existentiam necessario ponat vel [excl non-exh] quod ipsam necessario secludat.
{4d08} [notes] | 1. virtue 2. power 2. a man's nature or essence, in so far as it has the power of effecting what can only be understood by the laws of that nature. | 1. virtutem 2. potentiam 3. ipsa hominis essentia seu [mng eqv] natura quatenus potestatem habet quaedam efficiendi quae per solas ipsius naturae leges possunt intelligi.
{4p19} | 1. essence 2. nature | 1. essentia 2. natura
{4p23} | [About doing] 1. he does something, which is perceived through his essence alone 2. which adequately follows from his virtue | [De actioni] 1. ipsius essentiam percipitur 2. ipsius virtute adaequate sequitur
{4p33} | 1. nature 2. essence | 1. natura 2. essentia
{4p61} | 1. essence 2. nature | 1. essentia 2. natura
{5p30} | 1. Conceive things under the form of eternity 2. conceive things in so far as they are conceived through the essence of God as real entities 3. [conceive things] in so far as they involve existence through the essence of God | 1. Res sub specie aeternitatis concipere 2. res concipere quatenus per Dei essentiam ut entia realia concipiuntur 3. [res concipere] quatenus per Dei essentiam involvunt existentiam