Vilfredo Pareto: Quotes about men

Vilfredo Pareto was Italian economist and sociologist. Explore interesting quotes on men.
Vilfredo Pareto: 28 quotes2 likes

“Society is not homogeneous, and those who do not deliberately close their eyes have to recognize that men differ greatly from one another from the physical, moral, and intellectual viewpoints.”

Vilfredo Pareto book Manual of Political Economy

page 281.
Manual of Political Economy

“The diverse natures of men, combined with the necessity to satisfy in some manner the sentiment which desires them to be equal, has had the result that in the democracies they have endeavored to provide the appearance of power in the people and the reality of power in an elite.”

Vilfredo Pareto book Manual of Political Economy

page 97.
Manual of Political Economy

“Men follow their sentiments and their self-interest, but it pleases them to imagine that they follow reason. And so they look for, and always find, some theory which, a posteriori, makes their actions appear to be logical. If that theory could be demolished scientifically, the only result would be that another theory would be substituted for the first one, and for the same purpose.”

Vilfredo Pareto book Manual of Political Economy

page 95.
Manual of Political Economy

“When it is useful to them, men can believe a theory of which they know nothing more than its name.”

Vilfredo Pareto book Manual of Political Economy

page 94.
Manual of Political Economy

“The assertion that men are objectively equal is so absurd that it does not even merit being refuted.”

Vilfredo Pareto book Manual of Political Economy

page 90.
Manual of Political Economy