Quote by Christian Lous Lange

It is an accepted commonplace in psychology that the spiritual level of people acting as a crowd is far lower than the mean of each individual's intelligence or morality.

It is an accepted commonplace in psychology that the spiritu

Summary

This quote suggests that when individuals come together as a group, their collective spirituality tends to be lower than the spirituality of each individual within that group. In other words, when people act as a crowd, they are more likely to engage in behaviors or exhibit values that are less moral or less connected to higher principles. This highlights the idea that group dynamics can sometimes influence individuals to act in ways that they may not act on their own.

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By Christian Lous Lange

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