Erich Fromm on love
Erich Fromm (1900–1980) approaches love within humanistic psychoanalysis. Freedom’s burden can drive escape into authoritarianism, destructiveness, or automaton conformity. Productive love and reason contrast with marketing and hoarding character orientations under capitalism. 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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What did Erich Fromm say about love?
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