Erich Fromm Quotes about Quality

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The pleasure in complete domination over another person (or other animate creature) is the very essence of the sadistic drive. Another way of formulating the same thought is to say that the aim of sadism is to transform

The pleasure in complete domination over another person (or other animate creature) is the very essence of the sadistic drive. Another way of formulating the same thought is to say that the aim of sadism is to transform man into a thing, something animate into something inanimate, since by complete and absolute control the living loses one essential quality of life - freedom.

Erich Fromm

Men, Essence, Quality

Erich Fromm (2011). “The Heart of Man”, p.29, Lantern Books

Critical and radical thought will only bear fruit when it is blended with the most precious quality man is endowed with - the love of life

Erich Fromm

Love Life, Men, Quality

Erich Fromm (2013). “The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness”, p.728, Open Road Media

Authority is not a quality one person 'has,' in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

Erich Fromm

Quality, Looks, Authority

Erich Fromm (2013). “The Sane Society”, p.108, Open Road Media

Erich Fromm Quotes about Quality

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