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Erich Fromm quotes on love

2 verified English passages where Erich Fromm’ s thought meets questions of love.

Erich Fromm on love

Erich Fromm (1900–1980) approaches love within humanistic psychoanalysis. Healthy life requires productive love, autonomy, and social arrangements that serve human needs. Systematically, the teaching links freedom, love, society into a practical and theoretical whole. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets love most directly—useful for searches such as “erich fromm quotes on love.”

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  1. Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
    Q0220
    The Art of Loving (1956)
  2. Love is an activity, not a passive affect; it is a standing in, not a falling for.