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
responsibility love-is care
Love is the productive form of relatedness to others and to oneself. It implies responsibility, care, respect. If it isn't productive and respectful, it isn't love, but only fear masquerading as love.
responsibility independence identity
The member of a primitive clan might express his identity in the formula "I am we"; he cannot yet conceive of himself as an "individual," existing apart from his group.
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.
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.
follows immature love loved mature
Infantile love follows the principle: ""I love because I am loved."" Mature love follows the principle: ""I am loved because I love."" Immature love says: ""I love you because I need you."" Mature love says: ""I need you because I love you.
immature love
Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says: 'I need you because I love you'
abolition human return socialism
Socialism is the abolition of human self-alienation, the return of man as a real human being.
authority looks physical property quality relation somebody superior
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.
frame reference sanity within
Sanity - that which is within the frame of reference of conventional thought
eyes journey knew leave lived mind soul spirit start strange thoughts
Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be...Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar, and you'll live as you've never lived before.
except gives life man meaning unfolding
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives to his life by the unfolding of his powers.
except gives life man meaning unfolding
There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by unfolding of his powers.
integrity means simple
Integrity simple means not violating one's own identity.
century dead god man problem twentieth
In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead; in the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead