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History is a graveyard of aristocracies.
Vilfredo Pareto The Mind and Society · 1916

Quotes

“The history of man is the history of the continuous replacement of certain elites: as one ascends, another declines.”

Vilfredo Pareto · The Rise and Fall of Elites, 1900 · Primary source

“The new elite which seeks to supersede the old one, or merely to share its power and honors, does not admit to such an intention frankly and openly.”

Vilfredo Pareto · The Rise and Fall of Elites, 1900 · Primary source

“Assume that the new elite were clearly and simply to proclaim its intentions which are to supplant the old elite; no one would come to its assistance, it would be defeated before having fought a battle. On the contrary, it appears to be asking nothing for itself, well knowing that without asking anything in advance it will obtain what it wants as a consequence of its victory.”

Vilfredo Pareto · Manual of Political Economy, 1906 · Primary source

Authors

Italian economist and sociologist · 1848-1923
Vilfredo Pareto

Economist and sociologist known for Pareto efficiency, wealth distribution and theories of social elites.

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Works

Vilfredo Pareto · 1900
The Rise and Fall of Elites

An analysis of how ruling elites gain, maintain and lose power, and how new groups replace declining elites.

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Vilfredo Pareto · 1916
The Mind and Society

A wide-ranging study of social behaviour, examining non-logical action, belief, elite rule, political change and the forces sustaining social systems.

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Circulation of elites 6 Political power 5 Social hierarchy 1 Leadership turnover 1 Political legitimacy 2 Political rhetoric 1 Class conflict 2 Political mobilisation 1 Public rhetoric 1 Aristocracy 2 Social change 8 Ruling classes 1 Non-logical action 1 Residues and derivations 1 Social equilibrium 1 Pareto efficiency 2 Pareto distribution 1 University of Lausanne 1 Lausanne School 1