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Erich Fromm Quotes - Page 17

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The two most far-reaching critical theories at the beginning of the latest phase of industrial society were those of Marx and Freud. Marx showed the moving powers and the conflicts in the social-historical process.

The two most far-reaching critical theories at the beginning of the latest phase of industrial society were those of Marx and Freud. Marx showed the moving powers and the conflicts in the social-historical process. Freud aimed at the critical uncovering of the inner conflicts. Both worked for the liberation of man, even though Marx's concept was more comprehensive and less time-bound than Freud's.

Moving, Men, Two

Erich Fromm (1992). “The art of being”, Continuum Intl Pub Group

If our supreme value is the development of the Western tradition - of a man for whom the highest thing in life is man, for whom love for man, respect for man, and the dignity of man, are supreme values - then we cannot ask the question that says, "if it is better for our survival, might we drop these values?"

Men, Things In Life, Survival

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The revolutionary and critical thinker is in a certain way always outside of his society while of course he is at the same time also in it.

Way, Revolutionary, Certain

"Human Nature and Social Theory". Letter by Erich Fromm to Vladimir Dobrenkov, March 10, 1969.

Man, the more he gains freedom in the sense of emerging from the original oneness with man and nature and the more he becomes an "individual," has no choice but to unite himself with the world in the spontaneity of love and productive work or else to seek a kind of security by such ties with the world as destroy his freedom and the integrity of his individual self.

Integrity, Men, Self

Erich Fromm (2013). “Escape from Freedom”, p.33, Open Road Media

In the dream, sheltered from the noise, the subject expressed a judgment much more on the mark than that manifested in wakefulness.

Dream, Noise, Judgment

If one is not productive in other spheres, one is not productive in the love either.

Spheres, Ifs, Productive

Erich Fromm (2013). “The Art of Loving”, p.142, Open Road Media

The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable to being alone.

Loneliness, Solitude, Noble

Erich Fromm (2013). “Escape from Freedom”, p.30, Open Road Media

The fact is that the culture does not have only positive effects on our intellectual and moral functions but also negative effects.

Intellectual, Negative, Doe

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I understand by socialism a society in which the aim of production is not profit, but the use. In which the individual citizen participates responsibly in his work, and in the whole social organization, and in which he is not a means who is employed by capital.

Mean, Organization, Citizens

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The root of the word education is e-ducere, literally, to lead forth, or to bring out something which is potentially present.

Learning, Roots

Erich Fromm (2013). “The Art of Loving”, p.138, Open Road Media

Sleep is often the only occasion in which man cannot silence his conscience; we forget what we knew in our dream.

Dream, Sleep, Men

Erich Fromm (2013). “Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics”, p.170, Open Road Media

We have, in the same way, relegated our own responsibility in what happens to our country to the specialists, who are supposed to take care of it, and the individual citizen does not feel that he can judge, and even that he should judge, and take any responsibility. I think there are quite a number of recent developments which show that.

Country, Responsibility, Thinking

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The average American is not concerned with his society. He talks about it, but you know if one speaks of being concerned, I mean something about which one loses one's sleep, sometimes.

Mean, Sleep, Average

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I see socialism in the direction, of management, of enterprise, by all who work in the enterprise.

Management, Socialism, Enterprise

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For [Karl] Marx it is socialist society which realizes "concretely" the religious principles of equality, brotherly love, and freedom.

Religious, Principles, Brotherly Love

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I have learnt to appreciate the clarity of English language.

Appreciate, Language, Clarity

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The individual citizen has very little possibility of having any influence - of making his opinion felt in the decision-making.

Decision, Citizens, Littles

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If we begin to say, "Well, maybe we can cope better with the Russians if we also transform ourselves into a managed society, if we, as somebody put it the other day, train our soldiers to be like the Turks, who have fought so bravely in Korea, if we are willing to change our whole way of life for the sake of so-called "survival," then I think we do exactly that which threatens our survival.

Thinking, Korea, Soldier

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Actually, if you take the average American, and studies have shown that, he is really concerned only with private affairs; that is to say, with his health, his money and family affairs.

Average, Study, Affair

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I think [Karl] Marx, Pope John XXIII or Rosa Luxemburg [had achieved the mode of existence].But it would be useless to look at a list of illustrious names.

Thinking, Names, Would Be

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This Marxian sentence, repeated to the point of boredom, is misinterpreted. In reality [Karl] Marx was a "religious" man.

Religious, Reality, Men

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The Russians have succeeded in one thing: they have sold the world the idea that they represent socialism and the ideas of Marx,and we have done the greatest service to their propaganda by agreeing that that's what it is.

Ideas, Done, World

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Ger-mans love the ambiguous word, verbal assonances as ends in themselves,vague concepts. Anglosaxons are more clear.

Ends, Assonance, Ambiguous

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We can express ideas without being afraid of being killed or imprisoned.

Ideas, Being Afraid

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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 equal, inasmuch as we are created in the image of God.

Speak, Equal, God Image

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