A few general interpretive strategies present themselves.We might take both his claim that all determinations of extended modes of substance are extrinsically caused by other finite modes and his talk of essence and conatus seriously.
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He is talking, in essence, about the disappearance of the battleaxe, a figure once so common and beloved – nay, revered – that Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough were able to build their careers on a tribute act to her.
He was talking, in essence, about post-traumatic growth a term that wouldn't be coined until nearly twenty years later, in 1995, by the University of North Carolina psychologists Richard Tedeschi and Lawrence Calhoun.
Be mindful of the consequences of your actions: As he referenced Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk, the Pope talked in essence about the "mindfulness" that the Dalai Lama also espouses.
Being active facilitators included continually providing input to participants, leading sessions and talking, in essence positioning themselves as group leaders.
Talk about an essence is not as common as talk about the essence, but it is preferable since many properties apply to Cicero and only Cicero in all possible worlds: see Plantinga 1985, pp. 85-7; 1977, pp. 254-6.
"I love my country too much to be a nationalist" was his shorthand formula for casting doubt on the nationalist fetish of borders, nation state jurisdictions and pompous talk of the "essence" and "purity" of nations and national identity.
Giamatti has a great scene where he talks about the essence of fecal matter and magic.
After trying philosophy, where the lecturer kept talking about the essence of "deskness", he wanted something more empirical, so he chose psychology.
