Alexis de Tocqueville
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Tocqueville was a French diplomat, political philosopher and historian from an old Norman aristocratic family.
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8 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 29 Jul 1805 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Died: 16 Apr 1859, of tuberculosis; buried in the Tocqueville cemetery in Normandy (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: Lycée Fabert, Metz (baccalaureate 1823); law degree, University of Paris (1826) (opens wiqqi.app)
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Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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40 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Every thinker takes far more truths on trust than they prove, and this is desirable (opens korrents.com)
“There is no philosopher of such great parts in the world, but that he believes a million of things on the faith of other people, and supposes a great many more truths than he demonstrates. This is not only necessary…”
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In democratic ages the mind must be pushed toward theory, since it drifts to practical applications on its own (opens korrents.com)
“In the present age the human mind must be coerced into theoretical studies; it runs of its own accord to practical applications; and, instead of perpetually referring it to the minute examination of secondary effects,…”
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Writers in democratic ages will aim to astonish and stir passions more than to please taste (opens korrents.com)
“The object of authors will be to astonish rather than to please, and to stir the passions more than to charm the taste.”
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Every thinker takes far more truths on trust than they prove, and this is desirable (opens korrents.com)