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Essentialism

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Author(s): Hägler, Rudolf-Peter | Helm, Paul
[German Version] I. Philosophy – II. Philosophy of Religion 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 exam…