tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post775069653086937477..comments2024-03-08T00:13:07.673-08:00Comments on Nancy's Blog: Motivationadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11442349453021015062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-71444316285231534782008-02-06T13:35:00.000-08:002008-02-06T13:35:00.000-08:00when in doubt as to motivation, follow the $...dot...when in doubt as to motivation, follow the $...doth saith mine cynical little soul... :^)Kevin W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06977893518973511323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-34369283626913059342008-02-05T14:21:00.000-08:002008-02-05T14:21:00.000-08:00Any time. :-DAny time. :-DTheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-53773593478717894682008-02-05T14:13:00.000-08:002008-02-05T14:13:00.000-08:00Thank you, Mike. You've succeeded in complicating...Thank you, Mike. You've succeeded in complicating what i thought I understood! :)Nancy Kresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834410304227906387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-83916115308539258832008-02-05T06:17:00.000-08:002008-02-05T06:17:00.000-08:00The historian John Lukacs, in making the distincti...The historian John Lukacs, in making the distinction between motives and purposes, commented that while purposes are relatively easy to discern in history, motives are often murky and unclear, perhaps even to the actors themselves. Motive and purpose can be compared to the Aristotelian agency and end as explanations for becoming. The one pushes from the past; the other pulls from the future.TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.com