| Gore Vidal ... distinguished American novelist ... social critic
The new honorary president of the American Humanist Association succeeds the late Kurt Vonnegut as AHA honorary president.
Vonnegut held the post from 1992, when he took over from Isaac Asimov, until his death in 2007.
Vonnegut wrote a chapter about Humanism in his last book, Man Without a Country.
Vidal says: "I knew and admired Isaac Asimov and his work. As for Kurt, I would be most honored to succed my old friend as honorary president. ...
"I think my 'religion' is the same as his and yours and does nor derive from cloudy divinity, but from a man in Athens called Socrates who once observed 'The unexamined life is not worth living.'
"So, I would like to help the AHA to encourage others to realize that life, no matter how shadowed by superstition, is worth living, and the AHA is always in a position to encourage much needed 'examiners.' " .
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