All posts tagged "Erich Fromm"
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Pathology of Normalcy
Erich Fromm called it the ‘pathology of normalcy’, a clever term to encapsulate the idea that trying to...
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Love Lies Within
Many of us spend our time waiting for love, searching for love, hoping love will find us. Or...
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Community
Everyone knows in their bones that without community, without at least the possibility of one other person to...
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Mothers
“Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.” -Erich Fromm Most mothers...
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Big Love
Love your neighbor as you love yourself -The Bible The Buddha told a story that highlights the vital...
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Science Versus Religion
Bitter enmity exists between many in the scientific and religious communities and the two sides believe that ultimately...
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Differentiation
“The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the...
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Knowledge
Many people snicker to themselves when they hear or read passages from the Old Testament describing sexual relations....
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Oedipal Complex
Freud’s Oedipal complex was a central component of early psychoanalytic thought. In his theoretical construct, a young boy...
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Subjective Philosophy
“The greater part of the conscious thinking of a philosopher is secretly influenced by his instincts, and forced...
