Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm
Erich Seligmann Frommwas a German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth23 March 1900
CountryUnited States of America
love life two
Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.
love family happiness
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?
quality looks authority
Authority is not a quality one person 'has,' in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.
love-life men quality
Critical and radical thought will only bear fruit when it is blended with the most precious quality man is endowed with - the love of life
country war hate
It is notorious that no war between countries elicits as much hate and cruelty as civil war, in which there is no lack of acquaintance between the two warring sides.
boredom bored paralysis
Boredom is nothing but the experience of a paralysis of our productive powers.
dream sleep understanding
We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake.
art reality men
All great art is by its very essence in conflict with the society with which it exists. It expresses the truth about the existence regardless of whether this truth serves or hinders the survival purpose of a given society. All great art is revolutionary because it touches upon the reality of man and questions the reality of the various transitory forms of human society.
art effort art-of-loving
Is love an art? Then it requires knowledge and effort.
faith confidence able
Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.
responsibility elements care
Care and responsibility are constituent elements of love, but without respect for and knowledge of the beloved person, love deteriorates into domination and possessiveness.
fear thinking religion
If faith cannot be reconciled with rational thinking, it has to be eliminated as an anachronistic remnant of earlier stages of culture and replaced by science dealing with facts and theories which are intelligible and can be validated.
sadness compassion curiosity
One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.
school responsibility knowing
To respect a person is not possible without knowing him; care and responsibility would be blind if they were not guided by knowledge.