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昔日读托克维尔的名著《旧制度与大革命》时有些囫囵吞枣,不过其中托氏的一个论断给我留下了极深的印象,至今难以磨灭。托氏的论断是先从一个问题开始的,他在考察了大量史实后问道:“路易十六统治时期是旧君主制最繁荣的时期,何以繁荣反而加速了大革命的到来?”对此托克维尔是这样分析的:革命的发生并非总因为人们的处境越来越坏。最经常的情况是,一向毫无怨言仿佛若无其事地忍受着最难以忍受的法律的人民,一旦法
Formerly, Tocqueville’s famous book “The Old System and the Great Revolution” was a bit tedious, but one of Tocci’s comments left a deep impression on me and has been elusive so far. Too’s assertion begins with a question that begins with the examination of a large number of historical facts and asks: “During the reign of Louis XVI, the most prosperous period of the old monarchy, how prosperous actually accelerated the advent of the Great Revolution?” This Tocqueville analyzes this way: Revolution does not always happen because people are getting worse. Most often, people who have always tolerated the most unbearable law without any complaint, once law