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conatus
Definition
co·na·tus
/koˈnaː.tus/ · noun, Latin · from conari, “to try, to endeavour”
Effort. Striving. The drive of every thing to persist in its own being.
“Unaquaeque res, quantum in se est, in suo esse perseverare conatur.”
Each thing, as far as it lies in its power, strives to persevere in its being.
— Baruch Spinoza, Ethics, Part III, Proposition 6 (1677)
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