Quote About Crowds and Morality by Aldous Huxley

„Assembled in a crowd, people lose their powers of reasoning and their capacity for moral choice.“

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Aldous Huxley was a British writer and philosopher, known for his dystopian works.

Aldous Huxley reflects on the influence of crowds on reason, judgment, and moral decision-making.


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Aldous Huxley quote about crowds, reasoning, and moral choice

Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894–1963) was a British writer, philosopher, and visionary, best known for his dystopian novel "Brave New World." He extensively explored social, political, and cultural issues of the 20th century.

Aldous Huxley quote about mass psychology, media influence, and public manipulationCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Assemble a mob of men and women previously conditioned by a daily reading of the newspapers; treat them to amplified band music, bright lights...and in next to no time you can reduce them to a state of almost mindless subhumanity. Never before have so few been in a position to make fools, maniacs, or criminals of so many." Aldous Huxley
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Quote on crowd psychology and critical thinking by Gustave Le BonCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"It is hardly necessary to point out that the inability of the masses to judge correctly deprives them of any capacity for critical thought—that is, the ability to distinguish truth from error and to form a sound judgment. The judgments adopted by the masses are merely imposed on them and are never the result of careful examination. Many individuals, in this respect, do not rise above the level of the crowd. The ease with which certain opinions become widely accepted is due above all to the inability of most people to form an opinion of their own on the basis of personal reasoning." Gustave Le Bon
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Quote by Gustave Le Bon about the masses, illusions, and truthCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim. An individual in a crowd is a grain of sand amid other grains of sand, which the wind stirs up at will." Gustave Le Bon
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Quote by Stanley Milgram on the power of authority and obedienceCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"With numbing regularity good people were seen to knuckle under the demands of authority and perform actions that were callous and severe. Men who are in everyday life responsible and decent were seduced by the trappings of authority, by the control of their perceptions, and by the uncritical acceptance of the experimenter’s definition of the situation, into performing harsh acts. A substantial proportion of people do what they are told to do, irrespective of the content of the act and without limitations of conscience, so long as they perceive that the command comes from a legitimate authority." Stanley Milgram
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Quote by Charles MacKay about societies fixating on single topics and mass delusionsCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"We see entire societies suddenly fixate their thoughts on a single topic and lose their minds; millions of people are simultaneously gripped by a single delusion until their attention is captured by a new absurdity more fascinating than the first." Charles MacKay
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