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Eric Hoffer

1898 - 1983

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Eric Hoffer (July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983) 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. His first book, The True Believer (1951), was widely recognized as a classic, receiving critical acclaim from both scholars and laymen, although Hoffer believed that The Ordeal of Change (1963) was his finest work. The Eric Hoffer Book Award is an international literary prize established in his honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Hoffer is the 790th most popular philosopher (up from 808th in 2019), the 3,469th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,217th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Eric Hoffer ranks 790 out of 1,267. Before him are Symon Budny, Lubna of Córdoba, Abhinavagupta, Theodor Lipps, Nisargadatta Maharaj, and Domingo de Soto. After him are Motoori Norinaga, Gilbert Simondon, Mykhailo Drahomanov, Philippa Foot, Henry of Ghent, and Nikolai Amosov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Eric Hoffer ranks 109. Before him are Jacques Doriot, Helmut Hasse, Michel de Ghelderode, Gabriel González Videla, Tawfiq al-Hakim, and Tian Han. After him are Achille Van Acker, Katharine Burr Blodgett, Shinichi Suzuki, Paul Robeson, Sami al-Hinnawi, and Ninette de Valois. Among people deceased in 1983, Eric Hoffer ranks 82. Before him are Josep Lluís Sert, Ralph Richardson, Tino Rossi, Artemio Franchi, Shizo Kanakuri, and Marcel Dalio. After him are Louison Bobet, Joan Robinson, Bernard Vukas, Hennes Weisweiler, Rebecca West, and Donald Maclean.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Hoffer ranks 3,469 out of 20,380. Before him are Dana Delany (1956), Jerome Robbins (1918), Robert Blake (1933), James Harden (1989), John Bates Clark (1847), and Tim Allen (1953). After him are Perry King (1948), Crispin Glover (1964), Alicia Rhett (1915), Delbert Mann (1920), Anne Ramsey (1929), and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Eric Hoffer ranks 34. Before him are C. I. Lewis (1883), Mary Parker Follett (1868), Alvin Plantinga (1932), Jerry Fodor (1935), Mortimer J. Adler (1902), and William Heard Kilpatrick (1871). After him are James Mark Baldwin (1861), Ted Nelson (1937), Susanne Langer (1895), Wilfrid Sellars (1912), Helen Parkhurst (1886), and Stanley Cavell (1926).

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