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Eric Hoffer

1898 - 1983

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Eric Hoffer (July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983) was an Atheist 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Hoffer has received more than 886,532 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Eric Hoffer is the 808th most popular philosopher (down from 765th in 2019), the 3,217th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,007th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Eric Hoffer ranks 808 out of 1,267. Before him are Alain Finkielkraut, Gargi Vachaknavi, Volin, Calcidius, Rambhadracharya, and Frederick Copleston. After him are Herman of Carinthia, Hecataeus of Abdera, Jakob Friedrich Fries, Konstantin Leontiev, Michael Baius, and Jakob Lorber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Eric Hoffer ranks 112. Before him are Shinichi Suzuki, Vladimir Fock, Katharine Burr Blodgett, Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria, Paul Robeson, and Messali Hadj. After him are Ernst Wollweber, Marcel Griaule, Tian Han, Helmut Hasse, Albert Lutuli, and Étienne Decroux. Among people deceased in 1983, Eric Hoffer ranks 95. Before him are Salo Flohr, Grigori Aleksandrov, Hennes Weisweiler, Jerzy Andrzejewski, John Vorster, and Vladimir Bakarić. After him are Roy Sullivan, Juan López Fontana, Maurice Bishop, Antonin Magne, Ibrahim Abboud, and Lina Radke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Hoffer ranks 3,217 out of 20,380. Before him are Kristin Davis (1965), Brent Spiner (1949), Alexandra Ripley (1934), Kevin A. Lynch (1918), Christian Slater (1969), and Sherm Clark (1899). After him are Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), Douglas Diamond (1953), Edward Calvin Kendall (1972), Joseph Valachi (1904), Edith Head (1897), and Jennifer Rush (1960).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Eric Hoffer ranks 32. Before him are Jerry Fodor (1935), James Mark Baldwin (1861), William Heard Kilpatrick (1871), Helen Parkhurst (1886), Michael J. Sandel (1953), and Mortimer J. Adler (1902). After him are Ted Nelson (1937), Susanne Langer (1895), Donald Davidson (1917), David Lewis (1941), Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), and Robert Anton Wilson (1932).

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