#Erich fromm

[nousrose]

Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an orientation of character which determines the relatedness of a person to the world as a whole, not toward one object of love. 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. Yet, most people believe that love is constituted by the object, not by the faculty. In fact, they even believe that it is a proof of the intensity of their love when they do not love anybody except the loved person. Because one does not see that love is an activity, a power of the soul, one believes that all that is necessary to find is the right object and that everything goes by itself afterward. This attitude can be compared to that of a man who wants to paint but who instead of learning the art, claims that he has just to wait for the right object and that he will paint beautifully when he finds it.

The Art of Loving

Erich Fromm

[quotemadness]

An illusion shared by everyone becomes a reality.

Erich Fromm

[seleccionpoetica]

Erich Fromm, El arte de amar.

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[fuoridalcloro]

L'atto di disobbedienza, in quanto atto di libertà, è l'inizio della ragione.

 -Erich Fromm-

[philosophors]

“One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.”

— Erich Fromm

[entheognosis]

Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an orientation of character which determines the relatedness of a person to the world as a whole, not toward one “object” of love. 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. Yet, most people believe that love is constituted by the object, not by the faculty.

by Erich Fromm

[deniz-mehtap]

“sevgi kusurları yok etmez, onları da kabul eder. bir insanı, hiç sebep yokken yüreğinizde sıcacık hissediyorsanız, işte bu gerçek sevgidir...”

[thepursuitofunderstanding]

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.

Erich Fromm

[depoesiaypoetas]

Las mismas palabras [por ejemplo, un hombre dice a su mujer, `te amo'] pueden ser triviales o extraordinarias según la forma en que se digan. Y esa forma depende de la profundidad de la región en el ser de un hombre de donde procedan, sin que la voluntad pueda hacer nada. Y, por un maravilloso acuerdo, alcanzan la misma región en quien las escucha.

Simone Weil

[noosphe-re]

Having refers to things and things are fixed and describable. Being refers to experience, and human experience is in principle not describable. What is fully describable is our persona—the mask we each wear, the ego we present—for this persona is in itself a thing. In contrast, the living human being is not a dead image and cannot be described like a thing. In fact, the living human being cannot be described at all. Indeed, much can be said about me, about my character, about my total orientation to life. This insightful knowledge can go very far in understanding and describing my own or another's psychical structure. But the total me, my whole individuality, my suchness that is as unique as my fingerprints are, can never be fully understood, not even by empathy, for no two human beings are entirely alike. Only in the process of mutual alive relatedness can the other and I overcome the barrier of separateness, inasmuch as we both participate in the dance of life. Yet our full identification of each other can never be achieved.

Erich Fromm, To Have or to Be?

[funeral]

Erich Fromm, The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness 

[nousrose]

Respect is not fear and awe; it denotes, in accordance with the root of the word respicere = to look at, the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality. Respect means the concern that the other person should grow and unfold as he is. Respect, thus, implies the absence of exploitation. I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me. If I love the other person, I feel one with him or her, but with him as he is, not as I need him to be as an object for my use. It is clear that respect is possible only if I have achieved independence; if I can stand and walk without needing crutches, without having to dominate and exploit anyone else. Respect exists only on the basis of freedom.

The Art of Loving

Erich Fromm

[seleccionpoetica]

Erich Fromm, el arte de amar

[theidealistphilosophy]

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.

Erich Fromm, Source Unlisted.

[philosophors]

“Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.”

— Erich Fromm

[entheognosis]