7 sentences with 'behave'

Example sentences and phrases with the word behave and other words derived from it.

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« Cleverly, having defeated the Greek polis, Philip II began to behave like a Greek statesman and to assume a kind of symbolic leadership of Greek culture itself, not just Greek politics. »
« However, he explained under oath that his wife suffered from a mental disorder which caused her to behave irrationally; for example, she would buy things which she would then throw away for no reason. »
« For a long time, schools disseminated how people should think, how they should behave, what values should be defended, as if they were absolute truths. As long as society did not undergo profound changes, this model was useful. »
« In the process, Machiavelli created what was arguably the first work of "political science" that abandoned the moralistic approach of how a ruler should behave as a good Christian and instead adopted a practical guide to maintaining power. »
« Implicit patterns, on the other hand, are neither written nor explicit, but are enduring social practices, which are considered important for the well-being of the group. Customs about how parents and children should behave are an example. »
« In The Prince, Machiavelli detailed how an effective ruler should behave: constantly training in war, forcing his subjects to fear (but not hate) him, studying the ancient past for role models like Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, and never wasting a moment worrying about morality when power was at stake. »
« As long as the pupil can study or not study, behave correctly or incorrectly; as long as the teacher can be punctual or not, fill in forms or not, teach the class or not, each of the school sectors is in possession of a share of power. This power is based on the existence of uncertainty, despite rules that seek to conceal it by increasing the predictability of behaviour. To a greater or lesser degree, the person from whom positive feedback is needed possesses a share of power. »

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