Motives and Incentives “Since often enough in war it is surer and safer to quest for food with sword and buckler than with all the instruments of husbandry” Xenophon Why would the Greeks go to war in the first place? Moreover‚ why would small farmers participate in the phalanx rather than cultivate their crops and earn income? The fact that such tactical development and the ensuing improvements in the military technology were effective in battle is not a sufficient argument for the drastic increase
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Northrop Frye in ‘The motive for metaphor’ compares science and art. The common element between the two seems to be imagination. In science it becomes the final element and in art the starting point. In Frye view‚ a scientist examines the world which we are given to live‚ scrutinises all the data and attempts at forming certain theories which would underlay the rules governing the world. I doing so‚ he moves from the known realm‚ tangible world towards the concepts in his mind‚ therefore a creation
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you spirits; That tend on mortal thoughts‚ unsex me here " In Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare writes this passage in order to tell us about the character of Lady Macbeth. Using only this line‚ we can almost determine Lady Macbeth’s personality and her motives. Up to the point where this quote leaves off‚ we have not heard much of Lady Macbeth. In the first line Lady Macbeth says‚ "Come‚ you spirits." Already we have a dark image of her conjuring up evil spirits. She does not seem a bit intimidated by
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While analyzing the demand for holding money‚ it is found that there are different motives behind such demands. It shows as to why the community demands the money balances and how the amount of money balances for different motives is determined. Many economists; however‚ argue that such a classification for money is unnecessary and useless. It is argued that the demand for money should be considered as a complete whole instead of dividing the demand for money artificially into three parts. People
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“Research for the motive of criminal behavior” Abstract The research for “scientific crime [started] on a cold‚ gray November morning in 1871‚ on the east coast of Italy. Cesare Lombroso‚ a psychiatrist and prison doctor at an asylum for the criminally insane‚ was performing a routine autopsy on an infamous Calabrian brigand named Giuseppe Villella. Lombroso found an unusual indentation at the base of Villella’s skull…the founding father of modern criminology” (Adrian Raine‚ April
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Motives for British Imperialism in Africa Before the Europeans began the New Imperialism in Africa‚ very little was known about the inner parts of the continent. However‚ after some explorers delved deeper into the heart of Africa‚ the Europeans soon realized how economically important this area was‚ and how much they could profit from it. At the time‚ Britain had only small occupations of land in Africa‚ but after they realized that they could make money from the rich resources from the inner regions
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suspect‚ his wife‚ Mrs. Wright. The County Attorney‚ Sheriff‚ and Mr. Hale thoroughly scour for evidence of a motive to prove Mrs. Wright’s guilt. But little did the men know that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters had already uncovered the key evidence they were looking for. In Trifles‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters discover what seems to be trivial evidence but when connected‚ reveals Mrs. Wright’s true motive for murder. To begin with‚ the symbol of the messy kitchen appears trivial‚ yet reveals Mrs. Wright was
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Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most famous female characters. Known for her manipulative characteristics‚ her motives are often questioned. Lady Macbeth uses her husband and his skills in an attempt to gain respect‚ power and control‚ yet her actions resulted in the opposite. Superstition played a part in Lady Macbeth’s ambition after she read what the witches predicted. However‚ her ambition is powered by greed‚ and though her love for her husband exists‚ it is not what motivated her. Lady
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Advanced Placement U.S. History 2014-15 Summer Reading Assignment AP US History is jam-packed with information about our past…all our past‚ from pre-Columbian civilizations to the election of Barack Obama. We will “push” through over five hundred years of American History‚ and hopefully have a little fun while we’re doing it. We’ll find many American historical figures to admire‚ and we’ll find plenty of others to despise too. Our past is not always pretty‚ but we will study it all. In
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Europeans didn’t suddenly start exploring just because they could; there were many motives that led to European exploration and expansion in the 15th and 16th centuries. They made people confront the dangerous journey to the new colonies‚ a journey which killed about one half of the people who tried it. People were led by strong motives‚ and even if not all were exactly quite as important to European expansion‚ all of them played a part in it. Taking in mind the medieval attitudes of people at the
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