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	Eric Hoffer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hoffer was born in New York City, the son of German Jewish immigrants.
		Hoffer was among the first to recognize the central importance of self-esteem to psychological well-being.
		Hoffer furthermore suggests that it is possible to head off the rise of an undesirable mass movement by substituting a benign mass movement, which will give those prone to joining movements an outlet for their insecurities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eric_Hoffer (1448 words)

	The Eric Hoffer Resource
		Eric Hoffer was a self-educated longshoreman who came to fame in the 1950's with the publication of his first book, The True Believer.
		When his father died in 1920, Eric moved by himself to the west coast, determined to avoid factory work and "stay poor." A born reader, he began to educate himself in the libraries of California while he supported himself with odd jobs and migrant farm labor.
		Hoffer lived an interesting life, and the events of it are better told in the several available biographies, plus the autobiography Truth Imagined.
	www.erichoffer.net (691 words)

	The Eric Hoffer Resource
		Hoffer's first book is the one that brought him fame and continues to be his best known.
		This is a collection of 280 aphorisms that deal with many of the themes that Hoffer would return to throughout his career, including the uniqueness of man, the role of the misfit in human affairs, and the flight of the self-despiser from an unwanted self.
		Sticking to his belief that any idea could be expressed in just two hundred words, Hoffer wrote these short essays about a variety of topics, including dull work, the middle class, China, the role of the trader in history, and the problems of fls in America.
	www.erichoffer.net /books.html (718 words)

	Eric Hoffer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hoffer was among the first to recognize the central importance of self-esteem self-esteem quick summary:
		(Hoffer focused on the consequences of a lack of self-esteem.
		The true believer: thoughts on the nature of mass movements isbn 0060505915 was eric hoffers first and most successful book, published in 1951....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/er/eric_hoffer.htm (1521 words)

	The Legacy of Eric Hoffer by Thomas Sowell -- Capitalism Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although Eric Hoffer was perhaps at his zenith during the 1960s, he was completely at odds with the pious cant and slippery evasions of that rhetoric-ridden decade, whose tragic consequences are still with us today.
		Eric Hoffer never bought the claims of intellectuals to be for the common man. "A ruling intelligentsia," he said, "whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed and wasted at will."
		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.
	www.capmag.com /article.asp?ID=2868 (1483 words)

	The Longshoreman Philosopher by Tom Bethell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hoffer was as demonstrative in person as he was self-controlled in his writing—a contrast noted by many who knew him.
		Hoffer was strongly pro-Israel and was more interested in the Jews and in their influence on history than his published work indicates.
		Hoffer was always identified with the honorific “philosopher,” and he was one; but he more resembles the philosophers and prophets of old, especially in the high valuation that he always placed on his own independence.
	www.hooverdigest.org /031/bethell.html (3253 words)

	Eric Hoffer, American philosopher
		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.
		With more than nine books to his credit, Hoffer remains a vital figure with his cogent insights to the nature of mass movements and the essence of humankind.
		He felt like Eric Hoffer; sometimes like Eric Hoffer, working man. It could be said, I believe, that he is the first important American writer, working class born, who remained working class-in his habits, associations, environment.
	hopepubs.home.comcast.net /HofferBooks.htm (541 words)

	Hoover Institution acquires papers of philosopher Eric Hoffer: 1/00
		The papers of longshoreman-philosopher Eric Hoffer have been acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives and now will be available for research in the archives' reading room.
		Hoffer combined his conclusions from these studies and his observations from the waterfront into succinctly worded insights.
		Hoffer's themes have proved to be enduring ones: the nature of mass movements, social violence, the social role of intellectuals and the dynamics of social change.
	news-service.stanford.edu /news/2000/january26/hoffer-126.html (733 words)

	Thomas Sowell
		Among Hoffer's insights about mass movements was that they are an outlet for people whose individual significance is meager in the eyes of the world and — more important — in their own eyes.
		What Hoffer was describing was the political busybody, the zealot for a cause — the "true believer," who filled the ranks of ideological movements that created the totalitarian tyrannies of the 20th century.
		Hoffer's insights may help explain something that many of us have found very puzzling — the offspring of wealthy families spending their lives and their inherited money backing radical movements.
	www.jewishworldreview.com /cols/sowell061903.asp (772 words)

	moleskinerie: Eric Hoffer
		For anyone who likes Eric Hoffer and his notebooks, I strongly encourage you to find a copy of "Thinking and Working on the Waterfront" by Hoffer which is a journal he kept while working on the docks.
		Eric was my friend and mentor for over twenty years, and from him I acquired the notebook and card habit.
		Eric is very much with me just now, as I have just re-read all of his works, my correspondence with him and his biography and autobiography.
	www.moleskinerie.com /2005/07/eric_hoffer.html (698 words)

	Amazon.com: The True Believer : Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics): Books: Eric Hoffer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hoffer also posits the thought that all not mass movements are bad, however the central point of the book is to explain the composition of the mindsets of a movement's collective of True Believers.
		Hoffer's beginning notion is that "people with a sense of fulfillment think the world is good while the frustrated blame the world for their failures.
		Hoffer is clear that true believers are often insecure people who must join mass totalitarian movements to improve their self image and to feel safe.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060505915?v=glance (2743 words)

	Famous Quote by Eric Hoffer
		The famous and inspirational quotation by Eric Hoffer detailed above is well known as an example of the famed verbal and spoken communication, citation or quotation used by the famous person.
		Some of the quotes of Eric Hoffer will be familiar and some even deemed to be legendary and sometimes notorious quotes and quotations.
		A quote by Eric Hoffer is often mis-spelt as qoute (qoutes) and quotation (qoutation) by Eric Hoffer..
	www.famousquotes.me.uk /hoffer_eric (169 words)

	Technorati Tag: Eric Hoffer
		By Eric Hoffer (LA Times 5/26/68) (author of The True Beliver) The Jews are a peculiar people: things permitted to other nations are forbidden to the...
		Eric Hoffer Quotes It is not actual suffering but a taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
		Eric Hoffer Books at Alibris Find the books you're looking for, including books by Eric Hoffer.
	www.technorati.com /tag/Eric+Hoffer (338 words)

	Positive Atheism's Big List of Eric Hoffer Quotations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses.
		The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.
		The most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way, and must compensate for what they miss by realizing and cultivating their capacities and talents.
	www.positiveatheism.org /hist/quotes/hoffer.htm (1464 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Eric Hoffer (1902-83) was born in New York City.
		In 1951, the same year that the Rosenbergs were convicted, that the Korean War was at its height, and that Joseph McCarthy was at his height, Mr.
		Hoffer examines mass movements, and the true believers that fill them.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0060505915 (765 words)

	Thomas Sowell
		This is just one of the pungent insights of Eric Hoffer, who died twenty years ago.
		This particular quote is from his book of short sayings called The Passionate State of Mind.
		Some of Hoffer's books are collections of short, sharp insights, while others -- The True Believer, The Ordeal of Change, and The Temper of Our Times, for example -- offer more extended discussions of particular issues.
	www.jewishworldreview.com /cols/sowell062003.asp (675 words)

	Alibris: Eric Hoffer
		A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises examining mass movements--from Christianity in its infancy to the national uprisings of modern times.
		His analysis of the psychology of mass movements is a brilliant and frightening study of the mind of the fanatic.
		Blind as a child, Eric Hoffer--one of America's most important thinkers--regained his sight at the age of fifteen and became a voracious reader.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Eric_Hoffer (211 words)

	Eric Hoffer Quotes - Famous Quotes Famous Sayings
		These quotes were contributed and attributed by members of the Famous Quotes and Famous Sayings Network by posting to The Famous Quotes Mailing List.
		--Eric Hoffer Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
		--Eric Hoffer When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other --Eric Hoffer In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future.
	quotations.home.att.net /erichoffer.html (126 words)

	Eric Hoffer quotes
		Self-taught and honestly astute, Hoffer worked as a shoreman for much of his life.
		His insight on mass movements and penetration of idealized "progressivism" and such ranks him as one of the most profound thinkers of the last century.
		All of the above quotations belong to Eric Hoffer.
	www.subtletea.com /erichofferquotes.htm (325 words)

	The legacy of Eric Hoffer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He was in the Longshoreman's Union, run for years by Commies, but that does not mean he joined up.
		I was a poli sci major at USC in the middle sixties and Hoffers book was required reading in every class.
		Eric Hoffer was once the commencement speaker at my alma mater, Michigan Technological University.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/964347/posts (3615 words)

	Eric Hoffer
		It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.- Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American Author, Philosopher
		In times of change, learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned are beautifully equipped for a world that no longer exists." Eric Hoffer
		There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.
	noetic.oathill.com /Quotes/hoffer.html (194 words)

	Quoteland :: Quotations by Author
		Where people live autonomous lives and are not badly off, yet are without abilities or opportunities for creative work or useful action, there is no telling to what desperate and fantastic shifts they might resort in order to give meaning and purpose to their lives.
		By embracing a holy cause and dedicating their energies and substance to its advancement, they find a new life full of purpose and meaning.
		Click here for more information about Eric Hoffer
	www.quoteland.com /author.asp?AUTHOR_ID=323 (453 words)

	Townhall.com :: Columns :: The legacy of Eric Hoffer by Thomas Sowell - Jun 18, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Townhall.com :: Columns :: The legacy of Eric Hoffer by Thomas Sowell - Jun 18, 2003
		Megan Basham is a film critic for Townhall.com.
		The twentieth anniversary of the death of Eric Hoffer, in May 1983, passed with very little notice of one of the most incisive thinkers of his time -- a man whose writings continue to have great relev
	www.townhall.com /columnists/thomassowell/ts20030618.shtml (901 words)

	Eric Hoffer Quotes
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	The Greatest Eric Hoffer Quotes
		Visit Freedom’s Nest’s Eric Hoffer page for a short bio, a list of his books, and tons of his quotes.
		I couldn’t reasonably list all the Eric Hoffer quotes that I could find because, well, that would entail copying every one from Freedom’s Nest, so I just listed the ones I liked the best.
		Nothing so offends the doctrinaire intellectual as our ability to achieve the momentous in a matter-of-fact way, unblessed by words.
	www.arches.uga.edu /~jpetrie/hoffer.html (1040 words)

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