The motives of men

About this eBook

Author

Coe, George Albert, 1862-1951

Original Publication

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928, reprint 1929.

Credits

Sean/IB@DP

Language

English

LoC Class

BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

Subject

Psychology

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77278

Release Date

November 20, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE MOTIVES OF MEN
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.I ON HAVING A GOOD SUPPLY OF WANTS
6. 6.PART I DISILLUSIONMENT WITH RESPECT TO HIMSELF CREEPS UPON TWENTIETH-CENTURY MAN
7. 7.II OUR BELIEF IN MAN YESTERDAY AND TODAY
8. 8.III WHAT THE WAR DID TO OUR BELIEF IN MAN
9. 9.IV HAS THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION DEGRADED US IN OUR OWN EYES?
10. 10.V THE IRRATIONALITY OF MAN AS A LITERARY MOTIF
11. 11.VI HAS PSYCHOLOGY UNDERMINED OUR SELF-RESPECT
12. 12.VII ACCORDING TO INDUSTRIALISM, WHAT IS MAN?
13. 13.VIII THE DILEMMA OF CHRISTIANITY
14. 14.PART II THIS DISILLUSIONMENT IS ITSELF ILLUSORY
15. 15.IX THE PRECISE NATURE OF THE ISSUE
16. 16.X “HUMAN NATURE BEING WHAT IT IS”
17. 17.XI SOME NOTES ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MOTIVATION
18. 18.XII CHILDHOOD AS A REVEALER OF HUMAN CAPACITIES
19. 19.XIII CAPACITIES REVEALED BY NEW TYPES OF EDUCATION
20. 20.XIV SMALLNESS IN GREAT MEN AND GREATNESS IN SMALL MEN
21. 21.XV THE MIXED MOTIVES OF BUSINESS
22. 22.XVI MOTIVES OF THE WORKINGMAN
23. 23.XVII ECONOMIC PRODUCTION AS A MODE OF SELF-REALIZATION
24. 24.XVIII THE MOTIVE THAT IS IN ALL AND THROUGH ALL
25. 25.PART III YET OUR CAPACITIES ARE IN BONDAGE
26. 26.XIX THE CYNIC INTERJECTS A QUESTION
27. 27.XX OUR “LOWER NATURE” DOES NOT EXPLAIN OUR BONDAGE
28. 28.XXI HOW REASON ITSELF BINDS US TO THE IRRATIONAL
29. 29.XXII THE DEEP DEPRAVITY OF OUR RESPECTABLE FAULTS
30. 30.XXIII EVEN OUR PASSIONS ARE PRECEDENT-RIDDEN
31. 31.XXIV FREE MEN FEAR THEIR FREEDOM. WHY?
32. 32.XXV THE MOTIVES OF YOUTH COMPARED WITH THOSE OF AGE
33. 33.PART IV HOW CAN THEY BE RELEASED?
34. 34.XXVI THE INESCAPABLE TASK
35. 35.XXVII THE FUNCTION OF MINORITIES
36. 36.XXVIII RELEASE THROUGH COOPERATIVE THINKING
37. 37.XXIX MY INTRACTABLE SELF
38. 38.XXX THE REALM OF FREE SPIRITS
39. 39.INDEX — [FOOTNOTES]

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