To Have or To Be?From the legendary psychoanalyst who wrote The Art of Loving and Escape from Freedom: A profound critique of materialism in favor of living with meaning. Life in the modern age began when people no longer lived at the mercy of nature and instead took control of it. We planted crops so we didn’t have to forage, and produced planes, trains, and cars for transport. With televisions and computers, we don’t have to leave home to see the world. Somewhere in that process, the natural tendency of humankind went from one of being and of practicing our own human abilities and powers, to one of having by possessing objects and using tools that replace our own powers to think, feel, and act independently. Fromm argues that positive change—both social and economic—will come from being, loving, and sharing. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erich Fromm including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate. |
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... concept of investigating nature. Tennyson's relationship to the flower is in the mode of having, or possession—not material possession but the possession of knowledge. Basho's and Goethe's relationship to the flower each sees is in the ...
... concept of investigating nature. Tennyson's relationship to the flower is in the mode of having, or possession—not material possession but the possession of knowledge. Basho's and Goethe's relationship to the flower each sees is in the ...
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... concept , being , or the form " to be , " is all the more complicated and difficult . " Being " is used in several different ways : ( 1 ) as a copula — such as “ I am tall , ” “ " I am white , " " I am poor , " i.e. , a grammatical ...
... concept , being , or the form " to be , " is all the more complicated and difficult . " Being " is used in several different ways : ( 1 ) as a copula — such as “ I am tall , ” “ " I am white , " " I am poor , " i.e. , a grammatical ...
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... Concepts of Being The discussion of the concept of being is additionally complicated because being has been the subject ... concept of being will be treated here from anthropological and psychological points of view, the philosophical ...
... Concepts of Being The discussion of the concept of being is additionally complicated because being has been the subject ... concept of being will be treated here from anthropological and psychological points of view, the philosophical ...
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... concept of process, activity, and movement as an element in being. As George Simmel has pointed out, the idea that ... concept of life as a process and not as a substance is paralleled in the Eastern world by the philosophy of the Buddha ...
... concept of process, activity, and movement as an element in being. As George Simmel has pointed out, the idea that ... concept of life as a process and not as a substance is paralleled in the Eastern world by the philosophy of the Buddha ...
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... concepts of “process thinking” by discovering and applying them to the natural sciences. Having. and. Consuming. Before discussing some simple illustrations of the having and being modes of existence, another manifestation of having must ...
... concepts of “process thinking” by discovering and applying them to the natural sciences. Having. and. Consuming. Before discussing some simple illustrations of the having and being modes of existence, another manifestation of having must ...
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