Quintessence used in a sentence

Quintessence in a sentence as a noun

And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?

The "quintessence" bit was a bit of a red flag wasn't it

That's the quintessence of what a hacker does.

This is the quintessence of the "double edged sword.

The quintessence of this line of mythology is an article that\n appeared recently in the Willamette Week.

The quintessence of this line of mythology is an article that appeared recently in the Willamette Week.

The ideas of Juche which constitutes the quintessence of Kimilsungism is an idea newly discovered in the history of mankind.

To whom is frequenting that scene: cross the Atlantic, come to any European country, settle a bit and then look back to that "not-party".\nYes, you are looking at the very quintessence of ********.\nHow could you not see that when you were in SF, you say?

Examples of similarly interesting ideas:1/ Aristotle's classification of forces and the idea of quintessence;2/ Plato's idea that planets move necessarily in circles, because it's the most beautiful and simplest shape.