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Erich Fromm (1900-1980) was a German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, and humanistic philosopher. He is best known for his works "Escape from Freedom" (1941) and "The Art of Loving" (1956). Fromm's critical analysis of the intersections between psychology and society set him apart as a distinctive voice in 20th-century thought. more Erich Fromm (1900-1980) was a German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, and humanistic philosopher. He is best known for his works "Escape from Freedom" (1941) and "The Art of Loving" (1956). Fromm's critical analysis of the intersections between psychology and society set him apart as a distinctive voice in 20th-century thought. In "Escape from Freedom," he examined the psychological conditions that facilitated the rise of totalitarian regimes. His book "The Art of Loving" explored the nature of love, emphasizing its importance as an active art rather than a passive state. Fromm co-founded the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology in 1943, further solidifying his influence in the field. less

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"The revolution is not the climax of historical evolution but a conspiracy against it"
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"People do not get what they want or feel unhappy if they do get it"
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"Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality"
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"Destructiveness is the outcome of an unlived life"
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"Most people die before they are fully born. Creativeness means to be born before one dies"
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"We consume, but we are not satisfied"
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"Education makes machines which act like men and produces men who act like machines"
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"The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother and become fully independent"
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"The only truly affluent are those who do not want more than they have"
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"Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve"
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"There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself"
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"If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to the rest of his fellow men, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment or an enlarged egotism"
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"As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask"
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"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"
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"Reason flows from the blending of rational thought and emotional experience"
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