Comments on: What Eric Hoffer tells us about “true believers” http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/01/what-eric-hoffer-tells-us-about-true-believers/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:15:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/01/what-eric-hoffer-tells-us-about-true-believers/comment-page-1/#comment-26940 Erich Vieth Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:44:12 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3039#comment-26940 “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/01/what-eric-hoffer-tells-us-about-true-believers/ “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”

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]]> By: Mentat http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/01/what-eric-hoffer-tells-us-about-true-believers/comment-page-1/#comment-23980 Mentat Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:10:40 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3039#comment-23980 Many of these are quite insightful, and a few seem somewhat dubious (at least, perhaps, isolated from their context). I've not read Hoffer in depth but I think I shall have to. I've always liked this other quote of his: "The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause." Hoffer should have appended "sports team" to that list! Many of these are quite insightful, and a few seem somewhat dubious (at least, perhaps, isolated from their context). I’ve not read Hoffer in depth but I think I shall have to. I’ve always liked this other quote of his:

“The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.”

Hoffer should have appended “sports team” to that list!

]]> By: Planeten Paultje http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/01/what-eric-hoffer-tells-us-about-true-believers/comment-page-1/#comment-23953 Planeten Paultje Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:04:19 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3039#comment-23953 Very powerful, sobering and enlightening! Very powerful, sobering and enlightening!

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