I. Philosophy

Essentialism (from essentia, Lat. translation of Gk οὐσία/ousía) is described as a philosophical doctrine which ascribes accidental and essential properties to single things. An essential property is understood to be a necessary, but non-trivial property of a thing, which cannot lose this property as long as it exists – for example being a human being, rather than being bald, is an essenti…