Quotes by Erich Fromm

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About Erich Fromm

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German-American psychologist · 1900 – 1980

Erich Fromm was a psychoanalyst and social philosopher who fled Nazi Germany for the United States in 1934. He argued that the freedom modern societies won turned out to be frightening, and that people repeatedly trade it away for the security of conformity or authority. Escape from Freedom made the case in 1941; The Art of Loving made a related one about love as a practised skill rather than a feeling that happens to you.

Known for: The Art of Loving, Man for himself, To Have or to Be?

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