All 11 Uses of
essence
in
The Fountainhead
- They were strident and blatant—and, in essence, lifelessly mild.†
Chpt 2.9 *
- He responded only to the essence of a man: to his creative capacity.†
Chpt 2.10
- We want to capture—in stone, as others capture in music—not some narrow creed, but the essence of all religion.†
Chpt 2.10
- And what is the essence of religion?†
Chpt 2.10
- Uplifted in its quest—and uplifting by its own essence.†
Chpt 2.11
- Ellsworth Toohey said that the essence of exaltation was to be scared out of your wits, to fall down and to grovel.†
Chpt 2.12
- And it looked as if the forest were a spread of light boiling slowly to produce this color, this green rising in small bubbles, the condensed essence of spring.†
Chpt 4.1
- But the ability to say 'Yes' or 'No' is the essence of all ownership.†
Chpt 4.4
- In essence, freedom and compulsion are one.†
Chpt 4.6
- Can't you see past the guff and recognize the essence?†
Chpt 4.14
- But this is the essence of altruism.†
Chpt 4.18
Definition:
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(essence) the defining or most important quality of something
or:
a extract that concentrates important qualities of something such as smell or taste