Reflections on the Human Condition
by Eric Hoffer
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This collection of aphorisms and philosophical comment represents Eric Hoffer at his best. It offers stunning insights that strike home with startling frequency, often most uncomfortably; it has a fine unity, a well-defined theme. That some of the statements invite argument and questioning is inevitable and stimulating. Here is a book of the "wry epigram and the icy aphorism" which made his earlier books so appealing and gained for him a wide audience.--Publisher description.Tags
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An outstanding compilation of Eric Hoffer's proverbs and philosophical observations. I find his amazing insights inspiring and stimulating. I welcome thoughtful essays about the nature of humanity.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Reflections on the Human Condition
- Original publication date
- 1973
- Epigraph
- A man of understanding has lost nothing, if he has himself.
--Michel de Montaigne - Dedication
- To Lili
- First words
- If anybody asks me what I have accomplished, I will say all I have accomplished is that I have written a few good sentences.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)If in some manner the voice of an individual reaches us form the remotest distance of time, it is a timeless voice speaking about ourselves.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Philosophy, Sociology, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 309.1 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology [Formerly: History of Social Science] No longer used [Formerly: Historical and geographical treatment]
- LCC
- HN27 .H63 — Social sciences Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Social history and conditions. Social problems.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
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