The Psychology of Nations a Contribution to the Philosophy of History
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Individualism, the pleasure of the moment, and mediocrity are represented too much by instincts and in every expression of the mere will of the majority. People in the mass are governed too much by impulse. Conduct and purpose are too discontinuous and fragmentary; or perhaps we had better say that the stimuli 258 The Psychology of Nations of the moment are too likely to control conduct. Whereas social life under the influence of the hij^hest type f)f leader- ship is governed by more complex st...ates of conscitjusness, by moods, which are more original and creative, and in which desires and impulses are no longer the controlling factors in conduct. This view of democracy shows that democracy is some- thing still to come. It is not an achieved social order or a well-founded doctrine that must merely be exploited and spread abroad over the world. Democracy is experimental civilization. We do not know whether it represents the ultimate good in government and society or not, and whether it is destined to continue and to prevail.
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