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The True Believer

Name: The True Believer
Rating: 5 (14 reviews)
Author: Eric Hoffer
ISBN: 9780060505912

Eric Hoffer · 2010 · 177 pages

A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. The True Believer -- the first and most famous of his books -- was made into a bestseller when President Eisenhower cited it during one of the earliest television press conferences.Completely relevant and essential for understanding the world today, The True Believer is a visionary, highly provocative look into the mind of the fanatic and a penetrating study of how an individual becomes one.

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Marc Andreessen
“10. The True Believer by Eric Hoffer -- a brilliant book on the nature of mass movements and collective psychology.”↗
George Raveling
“This, to me, is one of the true classics of all time.”↗
Mark Manson
“@RealMarkCecil One of the most quotable books I've ever read. I think about it often.”↗
Dave Collum
“@TonyClimate I think you would massively appreciate Eric Heller's, "The True Believer." It is about mass movements--how they start, where they get their fuel from (fanatics), and why people join in. The book climbed into my brain and camped out. Climate changers are a classic.”↗
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