Associations to the word «Conation»

Wiktionary

CONATION, noun. (philosophy) The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca