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Werner Erhard

American author, lecturer, founder "est"

Werner Erhard

Erhard in 2015

Born

John Paul Rosenberg


(1935-09-05) September 5, 1935 (age 89)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Occupation(s)Author, lecturer
Spouses

Patricia Fry

(m. 1953; div. 1960)​

Ellen Erhard / June Bryde

(m. 1960; div. 1983)​
Children7
Websitewernererhard.net

Werner Hans Erhard (born John Paul Rosenberg; September 5, 1935)[1]: 7  is an American lecturer known for founding est (offered from 1971 to 1984).[1]: 14 [2] In 1985, he replaced the est Training with a newly designed program, the Forum.[3] Since 1991, the Forum has been kept up to date and offered by Landmark Education.[4] Erhard has written, lectured, and taught on self-improvement.

In 1977, Erhard co-founded The Hunger Project,[5] an NGO. In 1991, he retired from business and sold

Werner Erhard (book)

Book by W.W. Bartley, III

For other uses, see Werner Erhard (disambiguation).

Werner Erhard: The Transformation of a Man, The Founding of est is a biography of Werner Erhard by philosophy professor William Warren Bartley, III. The book was published in 1978 by Clarkson Potter. Bartley was a graduate of Erhard Seminars Training and served on its advisory board.[1] Erhard wrote a foreword to the book. The book's structure describes Erhard's education, transformation, reconnection with his family, and the theories of the est training.

The book went through five editions in its first year. Reviewers generally commented that the book was favorable to Erhard, and a number of critics felt that it was unduly so, or lacked objectivity, citing Bartley's close relationship to Erhard. Responses to the writing were mixed; while some reviewers found it well written and entertaining, others felt the tone was too slick, promotional, or hagiographic.

Background

This biography tells Werner Erhard's early life story and the creation of the est Tra

Biography

 

The profound impact of Werner Erhard’s work on culture and society is a manifestation of an incredible insight, the experience of being.  Erhard has at times described aspects of his method as ruthless compassion, and like all forms of compassion, evident here is a fundamental motivating desire to alleviate the suffering of others.- James R. Doty, Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine

Werner Erhard has been creating transformational models and applications for individuals and organizations for over 40 years. He has spent his life on a quest to discover the nature and function of being for human beings. For the last decade, Werner Erhard has been at work in the ontological / phenomenological domain, publishing academic papers, most notably on leadership and integrity. He has presented work at, among other institutions, Simon School of Business at Rochester University, Harvard Law School,Erasmus Academie, University of Southern California,MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Millstein Center for Cor

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