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Alain de Benoist

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French political theorist

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Alain de Benoist, also known as Fabrice Laroche, Robert de Herte, David Barney, and other pen names, is a French political philosopher and journalist, a founding member of the Nouvelle Droite, and the leader of the ethno-nationalist think tank GRECE.

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Alain de Benoist
said · 2011
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The promotion of ‘average’ individual causes a general levelling down.

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Alain de Benoist
said · 2011
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A collection of errors does not make a truth: quality cannot stem from quantity - a value is not a weight. The reasons of the majority cannot be taken as good reasons.

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Alain de Benoist
said · 2011
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Contrary to what is all too often claimed, voters do not wish the men they have elected to be in their image. Voters love greatness and are capable of recognizing it.

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1978Prix de l'essai

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France
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Type
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Born 1943 · age 82
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