What Charles Darwin thinks about motivation
British naturalist (1809 to 1882), born in Shrewsbury; sailed as naturalist on the five-year voyage of HMS Beagle from 1831; author of On the Origin of Species.
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1 dated position, c. 1872, in their own words. Our reading of what Charles Darwin has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingMovements once useful for a desire become habits performed even when they serve no purpose
Their wordsThe first of these principles is, that movements which are serviceable in gratifying some desire, or in relieving some sensation, if often repeated, become so habitual that they are performed, whether or not of any service, whenever the same desire or sensation is felt, even in a very weak degree.
↗The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)gutenberg.org All 18 from this book