E3P8

Proposition — Part III

Latin

Conatus quo unaquæque res in suo esse perseverare conatur, nullum tempus finitum sed indefinitum involvit.

English (Elwes 1883)

The endeavour, whereby a thing endeavours to persist in its own being, involves no finite time, but an indefinite time.

Modern English

The *conatus* by which a thing strives to persist in its being involves no finite time, but an indefinite time.

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