conatus

Example Sentences

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Ille stolide perrexerunt ad dicunt quod "illi conatus defecerint."

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013

It further follows that in all these there is an inmost conatus, the conatus to perform use to the human race.

From Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom by Ager, John

Cuius omnes curse, cogitationes, conatus, hue fpeflant, haec verfant, in his inhaerent.

From Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar by Stevens, Henry

Ter conatus ibi collo dare bracchia circum, Ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago.

From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred

The first production from these earthy matters, while they were still new and in their simple state, was production of seed; the first conatus therein could not be any other.

From Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom by Ager, John