Searching for a word to describe the entirety of something

Here is the sentence that I want to write:

There is more than that to the ________ of revolution

The missing word is what I search for, oversimplifying the sentence would give:

There is more than that to revolution

However I search for a world that describes the entirety of something, its qualities and everything that it relates to as an entity. With the case of a revolution, this would make the sentence say that evolution encompass within itself so many more that what preceding sentences said or implied. The world would describe, with respect to revolution, the plans,the strategies,the ruses, the transpiring events, the good and the bad, the outcomes, the things that can go wrong, the surprises the miracles... I have though about words like nature, essence, art but they don't convey exactly what I want to say.

If you used a method to find the world, e.g a website, using certain keywords to search for it or approach to finding it please share it aswell.

Solution 1:

Essence may convey the idea of the most intrinsic and important aspects and qualities:

• The intrinsic or indispensable quality or qualities that serve to characterize or identify something: The essence of democracy is the freedom to choose.

• The most important part or aspect of something: The essence of her argument is that the policy is wrongheaded.

( AHD)

I think nature may also fit in the context:

• The set of inherent characteristics or properties that distinguish something: trying to determine the nature of a newly discovered phenomenon. (AHD)