Meaning of essent | Babel Free

Definitions

that which is; an entity, a being, an existent

Equivalents

Examples

“Why are there essents rather than nothing? That is the question⟳. Clearly it is no ordinary question⟳. “Why are there essents, why is there anything at all, rather than nothing?”—obviously this is the first of all questions, though not in a chronological sense⟳.”

“As against this, the non-conceptual creative word, instead of enabling us to grasp and lay⟳ hold⟳ of what is already there before us, instead of serving merely as a means to describing what is present⟳, calls into being. It is evocative of Being; it invokes that presence (Anwesenheit), i.e., Being, within which (in the light⟳ of which) anything can appear⟳ before us as an essent.”

“The essent can be things at our disposal; things at hand such as tools, or vehicles. The land⟳, the sea, the mountains, rivers, woods are also essents. Trees, birds, insects, grasses and stones are essents.”

CEFR level