Erich Fromm Quotes on Virtue
Erich Fromm was a German-Jewish social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and humanist philosopher associated in his early career with the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research. This page collects quotes attributed to Erich Fromm on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Erich Fromm:
“To love means to commit oneself without guarantee.”
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“Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself.”
Ch. 4 "Problems of Humanistic Ethics -
Attributed to Erich Fromm:
“There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers.”
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“Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem" in On Disobedience and Other Essays (1981)”
Human history began with an act of disobedience, and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience.