In introspection, we seem to be immediately aware of varying complexes, consisting of objects in various cognitive and Conative relations to ourselves.
"Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays"
Bertrand Russell
Psychologically it is an induced state in which the field of consciousness is greatly contracted: the whole of the self, its Conative power, being sharply focussed, concentrated upon one thing.
"Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) An Historical Sketch"
Charles Eliot
Man's spirit has to carry all its knowledge and experience into its own Conative spiritual potencies.
"An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy"
W. Tudor Jones