Project Gutenberg 2025-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 174 Le Bon, Gustave 1841 1931 Bon, Gustave Le Bon, Gustave le 11016273 Les opinions et les croyances : $b genèse; évolution $aParis :$bErnest Flammarion, $c1911. Bibliothèque de philosophie scientifique Laurent Vogel, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) "Les opinions et les croyances : genèse; évolution" by Gustave Le Bon is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The work explores the psychological foundations and development of opinions and beliefs, focusing on how they originate, how they differ from knowledge, and the laws that govern them. Its topic is the genesis and evolution of belief systems, both at the level of individuals and societies, and their powerful influence on history, culture, and human behavior. The opening of the book lays out Le Bon's intention to distinguish between belief and knowledge, arguing that belief emerges unconsciously and is largely unaffected by reason, while knowledge relies on rational, conscious processes. He contends that beliefs play a more significant role than knowledge in shaping history, social dynamics, and individual behavior. Le Bon reviews existing psychological methods, finds them inadequate to address the roots of belief, and proposes his own approach, focusing on the interplay of affective and intellectual factors—such as pleasure, pain, desire, habit, and the different forms of unconscious and conscious life. He begins to build a theoretical framework for understanding the emotional and subconscious origins of belief, the structure of personality, and the persistence and function of collective ideals and values in society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20061214101820bon 1911 FR Reading ease score: 61.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Belief and doubt Superstition Public opinion BF Text Category: French Literature Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Sociology 607212 2025-07-30T06:10:47.708892 text/html 578411 2025-04-29T17:12:25 text/html 453883 2025-07-30T06:10:56.643823 application/epub+zip 452983 2025-07-30T06:10:49.143909 application/epub+zip 378061 2025-07-30T06:10:48.405867 application/epub+zip 728787 2025-07-30T06:11:01.901815 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 685213 2025-07-30T06:10:55.950824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558792 2025-07-30T06:10:46.463872 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 538812 2025-04-29T17:12:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17339 2025-07-30T06:11:02.062799 application/rdf+xml 17551 2025-07-30T06:10:48.605898 image/jpeg 3261 2025-07-30T06:10:48.503883 image/jpeg 360349 2025-07-30T06:10:47.766894 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia