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Definition of Motives
1. motive [v] - See also: motive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Motives
Literary usage of Motives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Economics by Alfred Marshall (1890)
"ECONOMIC motives. § 1. It is sometimes said that economists regard it "natural"
or "normal," and in some sense even right, that man should be governed only ..."
2. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1891)
"In order to be friends, then, they must be well- wishers one of another, ie must
wish each other's good from one of the three motives above mentioned, ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1867)
"The immense complexity of our motives hide the true facts from us. Had we the
few and simple motives of the lower animals, we should perceive as plainly in ..."
4. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1908)
"Progress and Penalty as Educational motives CHARLES E. DENNIS, PH. ... Not one
of all the motives that from the beginning of civilization teachers have ..."
5. Shakespeare's Portrayal of the Moral Life by Frank Chapman Sharp (1902)
"Shakespeare's Portrayal of the Moral Life CHAPTER IA STUDY OF motives THE ...
These reasons are the motives. A study of motives is thus a study of the ..."
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