conatus, n.Definitions

Conatus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the urge to persevere in being, and it hides a longing to be a substance, which no individual is.

Conatus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the urge to persevere in being, and it belongs to the same family of instincts that ends in the death drive.

The Conatus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an immediate attachment to oneself: appetite in the body, desire in the soul, the tendency to affirm that sits in every idea.

Conatus (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Spinoza's striving to persevere in one's being, and it is a demand in the middle voice: in demanding, the being desires and constitutes itself — at bottom, desire and pleasure.