Equality Quotes by Erich Fromm

8 Equality quotes by Erich Fromm

Fromm’s humanistic lens appears in eight short reflections on balance, a modest window into his psychological philosophy.

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By equality, one once understood equality in the very same sense in which the Bible speaks of equality: that we are all…

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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…

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Equality today means ‘sameness’, rather than ‘oneness’.

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Men are born equal but they are also born different.

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Today, we talk a lot about equality, but I think what most people mean by it is sameness - that everybody is…

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Women are equal because they are not different any more.

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“Equality today means “sameness,” rather than “oneness.” It is the sameness of abstractions, of the men who work in the same jobs,…

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“Equality as a condition for the development of individuality was also the meaning of the concept in the philosophy of the Western…

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“Human beings had two basic orientations: HAVING and BEING HAVING: seeks to acquire, posses things even people BEING: focuses on the experience; exchanging, engaging,…

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“Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas and inclinations,…

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To respect a person is not possible without knowing him; care and responsibility would be blind if they were not guided by knowledge.

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Love is an active power in man; a power which breaks through the walls which separate man from his fellow men, which unite him…

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“Perhaps most trivial talk is a need to talk about oneself; hence, the never-ending subject of health and sickness, children, travel, successes, what one…

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