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plural enses or entia
(philosophy) An entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute. quotations examples
Forms sphered in fire with trembling light array'd, / Ens without weight, and substance without shade […] .
1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 41
the Nature of the Supreme Ens
1860, John Henry Macmahon, A treatise on metaphysics: chiefly in reference to revealed religion, page 195
(chemistry, alchemy, now historical) Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; an essence, an active principle. quotations
Here he states that there are five ‘active principles’ – the five Enses or entia – that influence our bodies and give rise to disease […]
2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow, published 2007, page 245
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