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ON ESSENCE

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By Xavier Zubiri

Translated by A. R. Caponigri

English Text Reproduced Courtesy of Mrs. Winifred Caponigri, copyright owner.

CONTENTS

TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION [Word 6 ftp download]

PART I. THE PROBLEM OF ESSENCE [Word 6 ftp download]

Introduction
Chapter I. The Problem of Essence
General Note
Chapter II. A Provisional Determination of the Concept of Essence

PART II. SOME CLASSICAL IDEAS CONCERNING ESSENCE [Word 6 ftp download]

Chapter III. Essence as Meaning
Chapter IV. Essence as Concept
Chapter V. Essence as Real Correlate of the Definition

PART III. ESSENCE, STRUCTURAL MOMENT OF THE REAL
 Chapter VI. Introductory Recapitulation
Chapter VII. The Compass of the "Essentiable"
Chapter VIII. "Essentiated Reality"
Chapter IX. The "Essence" Itself of the Real"

ARTICLE I: THE ESSENTIAL NOTES

ARTICLE II: THE UNITY OF ESSENCE

ARTICLE III: ESSENCE AND REALITY

ARTICLE IV: THE PRINCIPIAL CHARACTER OF ESSENCE

Index