Una vita da onesto faticatore e indagatore della realtà.
E un altro capitolo di un immaginario "Vite straordinarie".
Il suo libro più importante:
The True Believer. Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Thomas Sowell ricorda Eric Hoffer.
Eric Hoffer su wikipedia
It is my impression that no one really likes the new. We are afraid of it. It is not only as Dostoyevsky put it that “taking a new step, uttering a new word is what people fear most.” Even in slight things the experience of the new is rarely without some stirring of foreboding. In the case of drastic change the uneasiness is of course deeper and more lasting. We can never be really prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: We undergo a test; we have to prove ourselves. It needs inordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling.
