The moral empire of the majority is founded in part of the idea that there is more enlightenment and wisdom in many men united than in one alone, in the number of legislators than in their choice. It is the theory of equality applied to intellects.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The moral empire of the majority is founded in part of the idea that there is more enlightenment and wisdom in many men united than in one alone, in the number of legislators than in their choice. It is the theory of equality applied to intellects." in the context of "Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, H. Mansfield, trans. (Chicago: 2000), p. 236." to mean that wisdom is timeless.