Before revision: Later usages and related concepts After the development of Classical mechanics, the concept of a conatus, in the sense used by philosophers other than Spinoza, " an intrinsic property of all physical bodies, was largely superseded by the principle of inertia and conservation of momentum.
After revision: Later usages and related concepts After the development of classical mechanics, the concept of a conatus, in the sense used by philosophers other than Spinoza, " an intrinsic property of all physical bodies, was largely superseded by the principles of inertia and conservation of momentum.