This is philosophically possible because, for Rawls, such assets are not me; they are not essential constituents of my identity but «alienable attributes of the self.» (firstthings.com)
These results agree with an anatomical observation that the researchers have confirmed using MRI: amusical individuals have an excess of grey matter in the inferior frontal cortex, accompanied by a deficit in white matter, one of whose essential constituents is myelin. (sciencedaily.com)
Such booklets are usually called a «collection of the pillars,» or essential constituents of Islam, and are published in inexpensive format in Malay with Arabic characters, or in Indonesian in Latin script, with translation of the Arabic formulas. (religion-online.org)