tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post2040491918845906797..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: 'They Cultivate Illusions Out of Idealism'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-32606538626466372462018-07-27T00:43:25.778-05:002018-07-27T00:43:25.778-05:00I've watched the Sevareid interview with Eric ...I've watched the Sevareid interview with Eric Hoffer. I,too,read Hoffer's newspaper columns in the late sixties. A collection of them is available as a book: "The Syndicated Columns" (Hopewell Publications, 2011).<br /><br />Hoffer was spikey with prejudices, but he got most things right, especially when he wrote about human nature. I used to talk him up to my shipmates when I served aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer. In 1985, the City of San Francisco commissioned a sculpture on the waterfront in honor of Eric Hoffer.Tim Guirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04273546542482255916noreply@blogger.com