Dialogue

 1 Repub|       told that when the very essence of the vital principle is
 2 Repub|      the true nature of every essence by a sympathetic and kindred
 3 Repub|     idea, which is called the essence of each. ~Very true. ~The
 4 Repub|        but of their being and essence, and yet the good is not
 5 Repub|       and yet the good is not essence, but far exceeds essence
 6 Repub|      essence, but far exceeds essence in dignity and power. ~Glaucon
 7 Repub|   attains a conception of the essence of each thing? And he who
 8 Repub|     invariable. ~And does the essence of the invariable partake
 9 Repub|      in the same degree as of essence? ~Yes, of knowledge in the
10 Repub|  truth will also have less of essence? ~Necessarily. ~Then, in
11 Repub|   body have less of truth and essence than those which are in
12 Repub|      itself less of truth and essence than the soul? ~Yes. ~What
13 Repub| according to our view, is the essence of the bed, but only a particular