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What about light being an essence itself? No. Light can be further defined. One way is to say it is visible energy. And, thinking of that, I have had an en lightenment: the essence of light is visibility! Come on, I dare you all to come up with something better. 
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>the essence of light is visibility!
so, I'm guessing that you would consider the phrase 'invisible light' to be nothing more than an oxymoron....
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so, I'm guessing that you would consider the phrase 'invisible light' to be nothing more than an oxymoron....
I figured somebody'd shine the spotlight on my omission.
I referred only to visible light because I thought that's what our dear apobene was asking about.
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No. Light can be further defined. One way is to say it is visible energy. And, thinking of that, I have had an enlightenment: the essence of light is visibility! Come on, I dare you all to come up with something better.
If essence is undefinable, asking after it is asking after nothing. There's something essentially appealing about nothing, not?
Or, otherwise: the essence of light is the definition of light provided the definition of light is undefinable.
The Hebrew "Ner" is "lamp": then the essence of light is that which makes it and we are back to Day One and Skokie.
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There's something essentially appealing about nothing, not?
"There is nothing to be afraid of." (Ronald Laing)
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consider the phrase 'invisible light' to be nothing more than an oxymoron....It is an oxymoron alright, which, like many others, has its uses (not just for Mr. Bush  ).
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In reply to:
Noor is also a woman's name.
I remember when I was teaching in Bandung, one of my students was called Nursahara, which I thought was a lovely name.
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There's something essentially appealing about nothing
And so many manufacturers openly confess in advertisements that it is better than their products.
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