Since “primary source” implies a Supernatural Creator, why do you avoid its obvious reference to God?
A. God traditionally evokes descriptions that do not apply to Essence. For example, many religious people understand God as an all-knowing anthropomorphic Being of masculine gender who exists somewhere beyond the earth and arbitrarily intercedes in human affairs. Essence is not an existent, hence is not a Being limited by finitude or subject to the space/time locus of created things. Moreover, if Essence were to control the conduct of mankind or grant “special favors”, there could be no such thing as Individual Freedom which is the core morality of Essentialism. It should also be remembered that Essence is absolute, which means that it cannot logically be identified by, or reduced to, relational attributes such as Being, Consciousness, Energy, Value, Goodness, or Contrariety.
A. God traditionally evokes descriptions that do not apply to Essence. For example, many religious people understand God as an all-knowing anthropomorphic Being of masculine gender who exists somewhere beyond the earth and arbitrarily intercedes in human affairs. Essence is not an existent, hence is not a Being limited by finitude or subject to the space/time locus of created things. Moreover, if Essence were to control the conduct of mankind or grant “special favors”, there could be no such thing as Individual Freedom which is the core morality of Essentialism. It should also be remembered that Essence is immutable, which means that it cannot logically be identified by, or reduced to, relational attributes such as Intellect, Goodness, Beauty, Love, Power, Beingness, Nothingness, or Contrariety.
