Talk:Bertrand de Jouvenel

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• There is a tyranny in the womb of every Utopia.

• A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.

• ... the social scientist who lacks a mathematical mind and regards a mathematical formula as a magic recipe, rather than as the formulation of a supposition, does not hold forth much promise. A mathematical formula is never more than a precise statement. […] The chief merit of mathematization is that it compels us to become conscious of what we are assuming.

• The intellectual’s hostility to the businessman presents no mystery, as the two have, by function, wholly different standards. While the businessman’s motto is the customer is always right, the intellectual’s task is to preserve his perceived standards against the weight of popular opinion.

Biohistorian15 (talk) 10:45, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

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The Nature of Politics: Selected Essays (1992)

Edited by D. Hale & M. Landy. McWilliams Transaction Publishers. (Original work published 1987...!?)

Biohistorian15 (talk) 13:35, 2 April 2024 (UTC)