The phrase "own essence" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to the inherent characteristics or qualities that make something or someone unique or distinct from others. Example: Her paintings capture the beauty and essence of nature in her own unique style.
It was never my own essence.
On the other hand, evil people create their own essence.
It was art focused on its own essence.
"Nowadays we do everything we can to mask our own essence.
"There are areas where the dancer is able to express their own personal vibe, their own essence," she explained.
Bitterly shivering at her own essence, she gives the appearance of being homeless in her own body.
Silent retreat is taking the time to receive the taste of something sacred, our own heart essence.
He denied (like Scotus) that the moral law could be deduced from human nature, but this was because (unlike Scotus) he thought that we give ourselves our own essences by the choices we make.
Sartre said that when people believed God made human beings, they could believe humans had a God-given essence; but now that we do not believe this, we have realized that humans give themselves their own essences ('First of all, man exists, turns up, appears on the scene, and, only afterwards, defines himself.' Ibid., 15).
And the more we know of our own inwardness and essence, the more we will appreciate the same inwardness in others... Our appreciation and respect for each other is tied to our recognition of these inner relationships.
One might think that the focus of his criticisms would be solely on Madhyamaka issues about own-essences (svabhāva), but a major focus at this point is on the separation of objects from consciousness.
