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Erich Seligmann Fromm was a German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist. He was a German Jew who fled the Nazi regime and settled in the United States. He was one of the founders of The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology in New York City and was associated with the Frankfurt School of cr…
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Born 23 March 1900 · Died 18 March 1980 · Q57085
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I believe that the man choosing progress can find a new unity through the development of all his human forces, which are produced in three orientations. These can be presented separately or together: biophilia, love for humanity and nature, and independence and freedom.
the destruction of the world is the last, almost desperate attempt to save myself from being crushed by it
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“I believe that the man choosing progress can find a new unity through the development of all his human forces, which are produced in three orientations. These can be presented separately or together: biophilia, love for humanity and nature, and independence and freedom.”
“the destruction of the world is the last, almost desperate attempt to save myself from being crushed by it”
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Legacy obituary: Douglas Alan Fromm Obituary (2026) - Roswell, GA - Northside Chapel Funeral Directors and Crematory
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Published “First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole” in The Astrophysical Journal Letters — cited 3,681 times.
Died 1980-03-18.
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“Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world.”
“Biologiczna słabość człowieka warunkuje kulturę ludzką.”
“Niedojrzała miłość mówi: „Kocham cię, ponieważ cię potrzebuję”.– Dojrzała miłość mówi: „Potrzebuję cię, ponieważ cię kocham.”
“Miłość matki nie jest obwarowana żadnym warunkiem.”
“Gdyby miłość była wyłącznie uczuciem, nie byłoby podstawy do obietnicy dozgonnej wzajemnej miłości. Uczucie przychodzi i może odejść. Skąd mogę wiedzieć, czy pozostanie ono na zawsze, skoro w mój akt nie jest włączony ani osąd, ani decyzja?”
“É curioso que tantos homens acreditem que viver não dá nenhum trabalho.”
“Czynny charakter miłości – poza elementem dawania – ujawnia się w tym, że zawsze występują w niej pewne podstawowe składniki wspólne dla wszystkich jej form. Są to: troska, poczucie odpowiedzialności, poszanowanie i poznanie.”
Awarded Nelly Sachs Prize (1979).
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Awarded Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt (1978).
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Moved from Mexico City to Muralto, Switzerland, and died at his home in 1980, five days before his eightieth birthday
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Entitled Remarks on the Policy of Détente for a hearing held by the U
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By Stuart Atkins, Alan Katcher, PhD, and Elias Porter, PhD and the Strength Deployment Inventory, first published in 1971 by Elias H
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Awarded Humanist of the Year (1966).
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The American Humanist Association named him Humanist of the Year
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Working to stimulate the Western and Eastern cooperation between Marxist humanists, Fromm published a series of articles entitled Socialist Humanism: An International Symposium
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And at the Mexican Society of Psychoanalysis (SMP) until 1974
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Which recapitulated and complemented the theoretical principles of human nature found in Escape from Freedom and Man for Himself—principles which were revisited in many of Fromm's other major works
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Became a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and established a psychoanalytic section at the medical school there
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Continued and enriched the ideas of Escape from Freedom
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And in 1946 co-founded the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology
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Joined the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research and completed his psychoanalytical training
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“Psychoanalyse und Soziologie”
But separated shortly after and divorced in 1942
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Towards secular interpretations of scriptural ideals
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Studied at Heidelberg University (1922).
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With a dissertation under the title Das jüdische Gesetz
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At the University of Frankfurt am Main with two semesters of jurisprudence
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At Frankfurt am Main, the only child of Rosa (née Krause) and Naphtali Fromm
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Born 1900-03-23.
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