Before revision: There is a traditional connection between conatus and motion itself; although the term is most central to Spinoza's philosophy, many other Early Modern philosophers philosophers including René Descartes, Gottfried Leibniz, and Thomas Hobbes each made significant contributions and put their own personal twist on the concept , each developing the term differently.
After revision: Although the term is most central to Spinoza's philosophy, many other Early Modern philosophers philosophers including René Descartes, Gottfried Leibniz, and Thomas Hobbes made significant contributions , each developing the term differently.