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conation

[koh-ney-shuhn] / koʊˈneɪ ʃən /




NOUN
striving
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Conation is therefore related to action, which is again Expression, and is also Art, in the large definition of the term above given.

From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

I owe the reference to Professor Ward, and will quote the paragraph in which he introduces it:— 'Presentation, Feeling, Conation, are ever one inseparable whole, and advance continuously to higher and higher forms.

From Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge by Rashdall, Hastings

The chief difficulty in connexion with Conation is that of distinguishing it from Feeling, a term of very vague significance both in technical and in common usage.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various




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