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Tocqueville is the great French political scientists and historian. In July 1805, 29, was born in France Evelyn riverside 4story Luna. April 16, 1859, died in Cannes.
Tocqueville bore from the noble family, living in France by noble society to democratic social transition such a machine the chaos of the historical period. Tocqueville father in the French revolution period almost were guillotined, happiness for Thermidor coup party alive; Outside its great-grandfather offer to act as is about to be beheaded of Louis xvi defense lawyers, and so on the guillotine himself as the end the old aristocracy set already expect, in order to heart suspension of general principle, he still stood out.
Tocqueville has just coming democratic society might not have been no conflict, but he is still the social transformation as historical necessity. After all the steps of French society, peerage decline, civilian rising status lasted for a long time, both on an equal footing is just a question of time.
In 1851, Louis Bonaparte throne and he stealth back. Perhaps the situation than people strong, perhaps is Tocqueville really do not want to give up the old patrician dignity and decent. Tocqueville finally realized that "our true value is mainly in the work of the mind," quit politics, and then write on the French revolution of the old system and revolution; the book of aftertime had a very far-reaching consequences.
