# essence

> property or set of properties that make an entity or substance what it fundamentally is

**Wikidata**: [Q190995](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190995)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essence)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/essence


## References

1. [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy](https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/substance/)
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. YSO-Wikidata mapping project