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A theory of motivation is defective if it renders intelligible behaviour which is not intelligible.
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To look for a single general theory of how to decide the right thing to do is like looking for a single theory of how to decide what to believe.
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Materialism is incomplete even as a theory of the physical world, since the physical world includes conscious organisms among its most striking occupants.
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Every subjective phenomenon is essentially connected with a single point of view, and it seems inevitable that an objective, physical theory will abandon that point of view.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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July 4, 1937
(age 87)
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