be of the essence

In de Man's opinion, language has an ideological function, so allegoric reading way of texts can also be used in ideology, which provides a new perspective for learning the essence of ideology.

德·曼认为语言具有意识形态的功能，因此对语言文本的寓言式阅读方式同样适用于意识形态，为认清意识形态的本质提供了一种新视角。

The moral of the history of Western philosophy is that theories of human nature can be dispensed with in favor of the study of history. Neither philosophical nor biological theories about an ahistorical human essence should be taken seriously.

西方哲学史的精神在于关于人性的理论应被关于历史的研究所取代，关于非历史的人类本质的理论，不论是哲学的还是生物学的，都不值得我们认真对待。

It was the essence of life and should be apart from hypocrisy.

它是对生活世界精华的凝聚，应当远离假恶丑，应当是美好生活的缩影。

For many, the essence of French living is to be found in the rural heartlands.

对很多人来说，深入乡村腹地才能体验到真正的法国生活。