Before the Sabbath
by Eric Hoffer
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Eric Hoffer¿one of America¿s most important thinkers and the author of The True Believer¿lived for years as a Depression Era migratory worker. Self-taught, his appetite for knowledge¿history, science, mankind¿formed the basis of his insight to human nature. Before the Sabbath, his final written work, includes reflections on history, democracy, love, and aging.Tags
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The retired longshoreman confronts his own aging. Collection of pensees -- history, politics, Israeli / Arabs, inflation, courage and love. Continues his tradition of challengin assumptions -- a la The True Believer, Passionate State of Mind, Ordeal of Change, First Things, Last Things....
I have to admit, however, that the quality of his probe is not as penetrating and clear as work from his "younger" days.
I have to admit, however, that the quality of his probe is not as penetrating and clear as work from his "younger" days.
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- Before the Sabbath
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- Nonfiction, Sociology, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 081 — Computer science, information & general works Anthologies and Quotations General collections in American English
- LCC
- AC8 .H7317 — General Works Collections. Series. Collected works Collections. Series. Collected works Collections of monographs, essays, etc. American and English
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- English, Japanese
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