Is It Possible to Attribute Essences to Objects?

There's a concept within the field of emotion research called essences, which is basically the idea that we attribute essence to objects. A children do all the time with their favourite teddy bears and things and their favorite dolls. They'll say, they'll treat it as if it's real, or get very set when it's not with them. We do that with animals as well, and people are doing it with these objects too. Some of us do it with cars, or have done in the past. I had a car, i had a tota rab for very, very old car. It just kept on going. Then one day, 20 odd years into its life, it

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