The double use of the word “why”, asking for the cause and asking for the motive, together with the idea that we can know, and not only conjecture, our motives, gives rise to the confusion that a motive is a cause of which we are immediately aware, a cause “seen from the inside”, or a cause experienced.‒ ‒ ‒ Giving a reason is like giving a calculation by which you have arrived at a certain result.