The phrase "act of essence" is not commonly used in written English and may be unclear in meaning.
It could be used in philosophical or abstract discussions where one is referring to a fundamental or intrinsic action related to the nature of something.
Example: "In the realm of philosophy, the act of essence is often debated in relation to the nature of existence."
Alternatives: "fundamental action" or "intrinsic act".
This month it was the closing act of the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, a spot it has held for 15 straight years.
It is because man can grow in perfection by knowing the causes; indeed, knowing the causes is an act of the essence of man.
He comments that either essence is really identical with existence and differs from it (1) only conceptually or (2) intentionally, or else (3) existence is a distinct thing, i.e., the act of the essence and really distinct from it (PB 2.60).
The two notions differ only in the way they denote the thing of which they are predicated (in modis significandi existence expressing being in the mode of an act, essence in the mode of a possession and the term of an act.
The psychological explanation has the advantage of probing the subconscious, of describing the various forces that act within the psyche, but the emergence of the subconscious in the act of prayer is not the essence of prayer, since it minimizes the role of intelligence and the will.
In its essence, the Act of January 8 did not differ from the Act of February 16.
Their consistent willingness to come down, to descend even from the very heights of passion, is in essence, an act of humility.
In these stories, translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen, as in all his writing, Alex performs an act of distillation, capturing the very essence of fiction.
When the first implanted silent, Calvin Anderson, purposefully misstates the name of the doctor who developed the implant, calling Dr. Burnham, Dr. "Burned Ham," his rebellion is, in essence, an act of poetry.
Philosophy, for Scheler, is the "loving act of participation by the core of the human being in the essence of all things" (GW V, 68).
