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Social Psychologist

Gustave Le Bon (May 7, 1841 - December 13, 1931) was a French social psychologist, considered one of the pioneers in the field of social psychology. His research focused on the psychology of crowds and collective behavior, and his book 'The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind' had a profound impact on the development of social psychology.

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Famous Gustave Le Bon Quotes

“the masses … must have their illusions at all cost, they turn instinctively, as the insect seeks the light, to the rhetoricians who accord them what they want.”

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Book:The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

Source: The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

“This power is due to the fact that the repeated statement is embedded in the long run in those profound regions of our unconscious selves in which the motives of our actions are forged.”

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Book:The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

Source: The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

“The crowds have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from any evidence that is not to their preference, preferring to worship falsehood, if falisty seduces them. Whoever can supply them with delusions becomes their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions becomes their victim. An individual in a crowd is a grain of sand among other grains of sand, which the wind stirs up at will.”

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Book:PSYCHOLOGY OF CROWDS - Le Bon

Source: PSYCHOLOGY OF CROWDS - Le Bon

“The crowds have never thirsted after truth. They ignore any evidence that is not to their preference, preferring to worship falsehood, if falsity seduces them. Whoever can supply them with delusions becomes their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions becomes their victim.”

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Book:CROWD PSYCHOLOGY: Understanding the Phenomenon and Its Causes (10 Books in One Volume): Exploring Crowd Behavior and Collective Psychology Dynamics

Source: CROWD PSYCHOLOGY: Understanding the Phenomenon and Its Causes (10 Books in One Volume): Exploring Crowd Behavior and Collective Psychology Dynamics