What Did Tocqueville Do Before The French Revolutions?

Alexis de Tocqueville a French sociologist and political theorist(history.com) wrote about the French Revolutions in his writing. He analyzes the eighteenth century, and how it was a time of contrast and contradiction (uoregon.edu). He acknowledges that “The ideas and feelings of every age are connected with those of the age that preceded it, by invisible but almost omnipotent ties” (Tocqueville 1), and to fully understand and comprehend the French Revolutions one must analyze the state of France preceding the Revolutions to get the full picture. Through the ineffectiveness and downward spiral of France’s monarchs and nobility, the French Revolution was brought about through many issues in culture and politics, which resulted in a centralized state run by the bourgeoisie which was ultimately more destructive to France than the monarchy before it.
The French nobility were part of a class that was defined by their heritage, and not all nobles were rich and powerful because of the way France was ruled. The French noblesse as Tocqueville
Tocqueville supports this claim by stating, “It is not by chance that aristocracies arise and maintain themselves…it would be impossible to conceive any social state in which all the citizens, without exception, should be noble, highly intellectual, or rich” (Tocqueville 8). It is not logical to assume that every person in a society could be part of the nobility. Therefore, it is reasonable to say that those who possess the titles of wealthy, and intellectual gifted should be the ones ruling over other in their society. Tocqueville then proceeds to point out that when the power of ruling is shared between all people who possess the advantages of intellect and wealth, the “result is a stable and powerful aristocracy” (Tocqueville