乌合之众中英版 章节目录 第147章(第1页/共4页)


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    Whenbyvariousprocessesanideahasendedbypeingintothemindsofcrowds,itpossessesaiblepower,andbringsaboutaseriesofeffects,oppositiontowhichisbootless.ThephilosophicalideaswhichresultedintheFrenchRevolutiontooknearlyaturytoimplantthemselvesinthemindofthecrowd.Theirirresistibleforce,wheheyhadtakenroot,isknowrivingofairenationtowardsthequestofsocialequality,andtherealisationofabstractrightsandidealliberties,causedthetofallthronesandprofoundlydisturbedtheWesternworld.DuriyyearsthenationswereengagedininterneeflidEuropewitnessedhebsthatwouldhaveterrifiedGhengisKhanandTamerlaheworldhadneverseenonsuchascalewhatmayresultfromthepromulgationofanidea.

    Alongtimeisnecessaryforideastoestablishthemselvesinthemindsofcrowds,butjustaslongatimeisneededforthemtobeeradicated.Forthisreasoncrowds,asfarasideasareed,arealwaysseveralgeionsbehindlearnedmenandphilosophers.AllstatesmenarewellawaretodayoftheadmixtureoferrortaihefualideasIreferredtoashortwhileback,butastheinflueheseideasisstillverypowerfultheyareobligedtogoverninaccordahprinciplesihofwhichtheyhaveceasedtobelieve.

    §2.Thereasoningpowerofcrowds

    Itotabsolutelybesaidthatcrowdsdonotreasonaobeinfluencedbyreasoning.

    However,theargumentstheyemployandthosewhicharecapableofinfluengthemare,fromalogicalpointofview,ofsuinferiorkindthatitisonlybywayofanalogythattheybedescribedasreasoning.

    Theinferiorreasoningofcrowdsisbased,justasisreasoningofahighorder,ontheassociationofideas,butbetweentheideasassociatedbycrowdsthereareonlyapparentbondsofanalogyorsuccession.ThemodeofreasoningofcrowdsresemblesthatoftheEsquimauxwho,knowingfromexperieice,atransparentbody,meltsih,cludesthatglass,alsoatransparentbody,shouldalsomeltih;orthatofthesavagewhoimagihatbyeatingtheheartofaceousfoeheacquireshisbravery;oroftheworkmanwho,havingbeenexploitedbyoneemployeroflabour,immediatelycludesthatallemployersexploittheirmen.

    Thecharacteristicsofthereasoningofcrowdsaretheassociationofdissimilarthingspossessingamerelyapparentebetweeneach
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