Contuse

The Conatus is the will to live, the relentless endeavour of each being to preserve itself. The body is striving for well-bring, striving, endeavour, and tendency; each thing striving to preserve itself. Conatus is seeking survival, renewing and continuing to do so from the same individual and with respect to the same structural design. The bottom line is, we want to continue to exist and with doing so we enhance ourselves. Conatus takes place at different levels, as Damasio has discussed. Living organisms are constructed to maintain the coherence of its structure and functions agains numerous life-threatening odds, this applies to neutrons, organs, brain, persons, and social groups. In each of these levels, we are constantly striving for a better well-bring, a better function, a smoother more enhanced function.