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

Why should not have been rendered by essentia, I cannot conceive.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Si potentiae animae non sunt ipsa essentia animae, sequitur quod sint accidentia in aliquo novem generum contenta.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

Esse rei quamvis sit aliud ab ejus essentia, non tamen est intelligendum, quod sit aliquod superadditum, ad modum accidentis, sed quasi constituitur per principia essentiae.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

The problem of matter and form in the De ente et essentia of Thomas Aquinas. © 16Feb40; A136937.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1967 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office