What Peter Kropotkin thinks about motivation
Russian anarchist political philosopher and geographer (1842 to 1921), a proponent of anarchist communism; lived in exile in England from 1886 to 1917; author of Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902).
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Their wordsMan is not a being whose exclusive purpose in life is eating, drinking, and providing a shelter for himself. As soon as his material wants are satisfied, other needs, which, generally speaking, may be described as of an artistic character, will thrust themselves forward.
↗The Conquest of Bread (1892; anonymous English translation of 1906, Vanguard Press reprint 1926)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book
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Their wordsWell-being—that is to say, the satisfaction of physical, artistic, and moral needs, has always been the most powerful stimulant to work.
↗The Conquest of Bread (1892; anonymous English translation of 1906, Vanguard Press reprint 1926)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book