In a message dated 7/25/12 3:53:44 PM, [email protected] writes:
> the minimum it takes for a thing to be differentiated from another thing > Even this is ambiguous. E.g. do you mean differentiate a tiger from a lion, or one tiger from another tiger? Also: My name and address differentiate me from anyone else in the world. Would you call them my "essence"? Realize: All you can come up with is a stipulated "definition" of 'essence'. I.e. an arbitrary decision about when/how to use the word. Stipulation is not creation. In the mind-external world there is no such entity as "essence" or "an essence". 'Essence' is what might called a verbal notion.
