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The idea, opposite to
existentialism
, that things have essences. For instance, in an essentialist view, there is an essense "horse" that exists seperately from any given individual horse; actual horses are just an instantiation of the essential concept "
horse
". In an
essentialist
view, it is the essences which are the
true reality
, and actual objects (or people) are just instantiations of those essences; "Essence precedes existence".
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contrast with
existentialism
; the idea that any thing that is a thing has the (predetermined)
essence
of that thing.
What?
Say, a
chair
has
chairness
. Its essence not only determines what it is, but
what it will be
and do
. (Raising the question:
is a
broken
chair still a chair?
) The essence of
water
is
wetness
- you can't have
dry water
(even if it would be more
portable
, and
easy to prepare
). The essence of a woman (as a woman) is
feminity
. The essence is related to the
ideal
, in
Platonic
terms.
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