influence

Influence

Influence may refer to:

In science and technology:

• Sphere of influence (astrodynamics), the region around a celestial body in which it is the primary gravitational influence on orbiting objects
• Sphere of influence (astronomy), a region around a black hole in which the gravity of the black hole dominates that of the host bulge
• Social influence, in social psychology, influence in interpersonal relationships
  • Minority influence, when the minority affect the behavior or beliefs of the majority

In entertainment:

• Influence (band), a rock band formed in the 1960s

Other uses:

• Undue influence, in contract law, where one person takes advantage of a position of power over another person
• Sphere of influence, in political science, an area over which a state or organization has some indirect control
• Office of Strategic Influence, a short-lived U.S. government department
• Driving under the influence, the criminal act of driving while intoxicated

Social influence occurs when an individual's thoughts or actions are affected by other people. Social influence takes many forms and can be seen in conformity, socialization, peer pressure, obedience, leadership, persuasion, sales, and marketing.

Sourced

• In the last resort, the conservative position rests on the belief that in any society there are recognizably superior persons whose inherited standards and values and position ought to be protected and who should have a greater influence on public affairs than others.
  • Friedrich Hayek, Why I Am Not a Conservative.

• The growth of ideas is an international process, and only those who fully take part in the discussion will be able to exercise a significant influence.
  • Friedrich Hayek, Why I Am Not a Conservative.

• The task of the political philosopher can only be to influence public opinion, not to organize people for action. He will do so effectively only if he is not concerned with what is now politically possible but consistently defends the "general principles which are always the same." In this sense I doubt whether there can be such a thing as a conservative political philosophy. Conservatism may often be a useful practical maxim, but it does not give us any guiding principles which can influence long-range developments.
  • Friedrich Hayek, Why I Am Not a Conservative; "general principles which are always the same" is a quote of Adam Smith in An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)

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