2.4 Passion and Action / Our affects ... This conatus, a kind of existential inertia, constitutes the “essence” of any being. “Each thing, as far as it can by its own power, strives to persevere in its being.”(English)
Philosophy. Psychology. Religion--Philosophy (General)--Modern (1450/1600- )--By region or country--Netherlands (Low Countries)--By period--17th century--Individual philosophers--Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677