For [Karl] Marx what counts is man. He is the root of everything;while for capitalism, the aim are things, profit, and man… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
...in spite of the deep-seated craving for love, almost everything else is considered to be more important than love: success, prestige, money,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I understand by socialism a society in which the aim of production is not profit, but the use. In which the individual… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Modern man has transformed himself into a commodity; he experiences his life energy as an investment with which he should make the… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
A society whose principles are acquisition, profit, and property produces a social character oriented around having, and once the dominant pattern is… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Only when man succeeds in developing his reason and love further than he has done so far, only when he can build a world… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“It is hardly necessary to stress the fact that the ability to love as an act of giving depends on the character development of… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Exploitation and manipulation produce boredom and triviality; they cripple man, and all factors that make man into a psychic cripple turn him also into… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Well-being is possible to the degree to which one has overcome one's narcissism; to the degree to which one is open, responsive, sensitive, awake,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“The wealth of data to be found in social and political life. The belief that people do not want to make sacrifices is notoriously… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
By equality, one once understood equality in the very same sense in which the Bible speaks of equality: that we are all equal, inasmuch… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Human beings had two basic orientations: HAVING and BEING HAVING: seeks to acquire, posses things even people BEING: focuses on the experience; exchanging, engaging,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Most people are not even aware of their need to conform. They live under the illusion that they follow their own ideas and inclinations,… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
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