The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a God or not. The atheist is a religious person. He believes in atheism as though it were a new religion.
美国哲学家
埃里克·霍弗(Eric Hoffer,1902—1983)的一生十分传奇,父母早逝,靠自学成就学问。长年从事码头搬运工作,1964年成为加州伯克利大学高级研究员后,仍未离开码头,其许多观念都是在码头工作中形成,因此他也被称为“码头工人哲学家”。