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Eric Hoffer (July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983) [1] was an American philosopher and social critic. A conservative moderate with an atypical working-class background, Hoffer authored ten books over his career and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983.
402 quotes from Eric Hoffer: 'Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.', 'Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.', and 'In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.'
Jul 21, 2024 · Eric Hoffer, American longshoreman and self-educated philosopher whose writings on life, power, and social order brought him celebrity. His writings included The True Believer (1951), The Ordeal of Change (1963), Reflections on the Human Condition (1972), and Before the Sabbath (1979).
Apr 6, 2012 · Eric Hoffer was unknown in the American literary and philosophical scene in 1951 when he published his first book, The True Believer. Almost overnight, the San Francisco dockworker became a public figure. Recognized as a highly original thinker, he became known as the Longshoreman Philosopher.
Jun 19, 2003 · Eric Hoffer called it “soul raping” — an apt term for what goes on in too many schools today, where half-educated teachers treat the classroom as a place for them to shape children’s attitudes and beliefs in a politically correct direction.
Former migratory worker and longshoreman, Eric Hoffer burst on the scene in 1951 with his irreplaceable tome, The True Believer, and assured his place among the most important thinkers of the twentieth century.
In 2000 the Hoover Institution Archives acquired the papers of the American public philosopher Eric Hoffer. The papers fill 75 linear feet of shelf space and contain extensive draft writings and journals by Hoffer, many of them unpublished.
Eric Hoffer was an American social writer and philosopher. He produced ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983 by President of the United States Ronald Reagan.
The Eric Hoffer Project was established to preserve the memory of the great American thinker Eric Hoffer through the publication and digitization of his works and the establishment of the annual Eric Hoffer Award for books and prose.
preserving the memory of Eric Hoffer, the great American thinker, as known as the 'longshoreman' philosopher.
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