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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? #28962 05/14/2001 8:07 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Well, first of all you have to believe in essences! This belief is by far not general among the various philosophical schools. An essence is something presumed to reside behind or above the phenomena that our senses can perceive. Why should lightning (effulgence) and the glow of a glow-worm have an "essence" in common? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? apobene 05/11/2001 6:35 PM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? J.P. Esquire 05/11/2001 6:54 PM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? of troy 05/11/2001 7:15 PM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? Jackie 05/12/2001 3:41 AM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? Avy 05/12/2001 9:41 AM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? Bingley 05/18/2001 9:28 AM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? wsieber 05/14/2001 8:07 AM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? wow 05/14/2001 4:07 PM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? Jackie 05/14/2001 4:41 PM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? wow 05/15/2001 12:49 PM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? wsieber 05/17/2001 6:32 AM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? Jackie 05/17/2001 12:38 PM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? tsuwm 05/17/2001 3:55 PM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? Jackie 05/17/2001 6:02 PM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? wsieber 05/18/2001 7:04 AM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? inselpeter 05/18/2001 2:17 AM Re: Is effulgence THE ESSENCE of light? wsieber 05/18/2001 7:00 AM Re: Nothing Faldage 05/18/2001 11:05 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,383 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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