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Talent
Sections
- 1. Segment 1 (00:26)
- 2. Segment 2 (00:42)
- 3. Segment 3 (01:02)
- 4. Segment 4 (00:42)
- 5. Segment 5 (00:34)
- 6. Segment 6 (00:18)
- 7. Segment 7 (00:28)
- 8. Segment 8 (00:42)
- 9. Segment 9 (00:31)
- 10. Segment 10 (00:24)
- 11. Segment 11 (00:15)
- 12. Segment 12 (00:24)
- 13. Segment 13 (00:31)
- 14. Segment 14 (00:28)
- 15. Segment 15 (00:25)
- 16. Segment 16 (00:25)
- 17. Segment 17 (00:43)
- 18. Segment 18 (00:39)
- 19. Segment 19 (00:36)
- 20. Segment 20 (00:59)
- 21. Segment 21 (00:41)
- 22. Segment 22 (00:36)
- 23. Segment 23 (00:55)
- 24. Segment 24 (00:27)
- 25. Segment 25 (00:39)
- 26. Segment 26 (00:30)
- 27. Segment 27 (00:27)
- 28. Segment 28 (00:28)
- 29. Segment 29 (00:14)
- 30. Segment 30 (00:55)
- 31. Segment 31 (00:27)
- 32. Segment 32 (00:27)
- 33. Segment 33 (01:38)
- 34. Segment 34 (00:30)
- 35. Segment 35 (00:58)
- 36. Segment 36 (00:48)
- 37. Segment 37 (00:47)
- 38. Segment 38 (00:36)
- 39. Segment 39 (00:53)
- 40. Segment 40 (01:28)
- 41. Segment 41 (00:16)
- 42. Segment 42 (00:32)
- 43. Segment 43 (00:35)
- 44. Segment 44 (00:14)
- 45. Segment 45 (00:24)
- 1. Segment 1 (01:29)
- 2. Segment 2 (00:41)
- 3. Segment 3 (00:20)
- 4. Segment 4 (01:14)
- 5. Segment 5 (00:45)
- 6. Segment 6 (00:25)
- 7. Segment 7 (00:55)
- 8. Segment 8 (00:36)
- 9. Segment 9 (00:34)
- 10. Segment 10 (01:18)
- 11. Segment 11 (00:34)
- 12. Segment 12 (00:38)
- 13. Segment 13 (00:42)
- 14. Segment 14 (00:23)
- 15. Segment 15 (00:23)
- 16. Segment 16 (01:34)
- 17. Segment 17 (00:47)
- 18. Segment 18 (02:58)
- 19. Segment 19 (02:52)
- 20. Segment 20 (01:40)
- 21. Segment 21 (01:48)
- 22. Segment 22 (01:14)
- 23. Segment 23 (01:21)
- 24. Segment 24 (02:31)
- Date
1964
- Summary
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Mr. Hoffer argues that the men working beside him as longshoremen on the San Francisco docks are “lumpy with talent.” Genius, he notes, is not rare, it is wasted; and the talent of the workingman is a kind of common sense practicality. Wherever this talent exists among working men, they do their jobs without “all that fuss” which he considers to be characteristic of the underdeveloped countries of the world. Then, Mr. Hoffer raises a question regarding the forces that bring about creative periods in our history – periods that began quite suddenly and ended just as suddenly. He cites, as examples, “the period of cave drawings,” “the Age of Pericles,” “the Florence of the Renaissance,” and “the flowering of New England,” Mr. Hoffer contends that it was not because there was more talent during these periods (“the artists of Florence,” he notes, “were the sons of shopkeepers, and tailors.”), but rather that others forces which exist in every period of history were at work and these forces freed the talent.
- Contributors
Eric Hoffer; James Day; Winifred Murphy; Bernie Stoffer; KQED, San Francisco
- Publishers
National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
- Genres
Educational; Interview
- Subject
Philosophy
- Collection
National Educational Television
- Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Other Identifiers
Other: GR00466462; MDPI Barcode: 40000003113984; MDPI Barcode: 40000003113992
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.