conatus

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

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013

In the animals this conatus takes the form of appetite, in man of desire, which is “appetite with the consciousness of it.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

That this is so may still seem doubtful, because not illustrated by applications to sensible and perceptible things in nature; nevertheless, such is the progression of conatus, force, and motion into power.

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

Nequaquam enim mortem intentat matri, sed actione, quam non ipse sed corpus matris producit, conatur ad lucem pervenire, et iste conatus non nisi ex naturali concursu rerum fit matri causa mortis.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

This desire is the perpetual conatus of that love, from which flow all its effects.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel