Associations to the word «Ens»

Wiktionary

ENS, noun. (philosophy) An entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute.
ENS, noun. (chemistry) (alchemy) (now historical) Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; an essence, an active principle.
ENS, noun. Plural of en
ENS ENTIUM, noun. (philosophy) The ‘being of beings’; God.
ENS REALE, noun. (philosophy) real being

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin