Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, H. Mansfield, trans. (2000), p. 437
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In aristocratic societies, enjoyments of the mind are particularly demanded of the sciences; in democratic, those of the body.
— Alexis de Tocqueville on Aristocracy
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About Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859) was a French political thinker and historian, most famous for his work Democracy in America.
About Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859) was a French political thinker and historian, most famous for his work Democracy in America.
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