Difference among んがため and べく?

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could somebody help me understanding the difference between んがため and べく? They both mean "In order to", but I don't think they are interchangeable. Could somebody provide me some examples to understand the difference?

Can you give us the full sentences? That first one doesn't seem right. — Halfway Dillitante, May 22 '18 at 06:34
A nice explanation of 「～んがため（に）」 here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLKht3bZ1lo&t Watch the first half. — , May 22 '18 at 15:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 22 '18 at 12:38

べく is stiff and literary. んがため is even more literary and often theatrical. This ん is an archaic volitional auxiliary, and が is an archaic possessive particle explained here. Grammatically (ん)がため works like のため. See also: Is there a difference between んがため and ために?

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 22 '18 at 11:55

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せんがため is a dated and an emphatic expression that should be rather taken as "just because", unlike すべく. That's the difference.

answered May 22 '18 at 11:55

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