Word of the day. Word of the Day for Tuesday, July 30, 2013 esse ES-se; Eng. ES-ee, noun: being; existence. The esse of the life of every man, which he has from his father, is called the soul, and the existence of life thence derived is called the body. -- Emanuel Swedenborg, The Earths in Our Solar System, 1758 According to Berkeley, the esse of things is percipi. They exist as they are perceived. -- Thomas Love Peacock, Nightmare Abbey, 1818 Esse comes from the Latin word of the same spelling meaning "to be." It has been in English since the 1600s.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:40:06 +0000
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