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Conatus

In the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza, conatus (/koʊˈneɪtəs/; Latin for "effort; endeavor; impulse, inclination, tendency; undertaking; striving") is an innate inclination of a thing to continue to exist and enhance itself. This thing may be mind, matter, or a combination of both, and is often associated with God's will in a pantheist view of nature. The…

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Conatus

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related to Later usages and related concepts · 23
Conatus → After, Arthur Schopenhauer, Descartes, For, Friedrich Nietzsche, Giambattista Vico, God, However, In, Leben, Live, Neoplatonism, Power, Rejecting, Schopenhauer, Schopenhauer's Will, Similarly, Spinoza, Spinoza's, Spinozistic
related to Definition and origin · 18
Conatus → Although, Buridan, Descartes, English, First Law, For Descartes, Gottfried Leibniz, Isaac Newton, Jean Buridan, Laws, Motion, Nature, René Descartes, Scholastic, Spinoza's, The Latin, Thomas Hobbes, Whereas
related to In Spinoza's philosophy · 18
Conatus → According, Benedict, Contrary, Conversely, Descartes, Desire, Ethics, For, God, His, Hobbes, However, Human, One, Others, Since, Some, Spinoza
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Conatus → innate inclination of a thing to continue to exist and enhance itself, sort of instantaneous or virtual motion that all things possess

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Conatusis asort of instantaneous or virtual motion that all things possess0.90text
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Arthur Schopenhauerinstance ofbeen a notable influence on later thinkers0.80text
Friedrich Nietzscheinstance ofbeen a notable influence on later thinkers0.80text
Jean Buridan developed a notion of impetus as a mysterious intrinsic property of thingsinstance ofeach developing the term differently.Whereas the medieval Scholastic philosophers0.80text
René Descartesinstance ofeach developing the term differently.Whereas the medieval Scholastic philosophers0.80text
Conatusrelated to Definition and originThe Latin0.60section
Conatusrelated to Definition and originEnglish0.60section
Conatusrelated to Definition and originAlthough0.60section
Conatusrelated to Definition and originSpinoza's0.60section

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