The Art of Loving (Unabridged)
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4.0 • 28 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
The renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm has helped millions of men and women achieve rich, productive lives by developing their hidden capacities for love. In this astonishingly frank and candid book, he explores the ways in which this extraordinary emotion can alter the whole course of your life.
Most of us are unable to develop our capacities for love on the only level that really counts — a love that is compounded of maturity, self-knowledge, and courage. Learning to love, like other arts, demands practice and concentration. Even more than any other art, it demands genuine insight and understanding.
In this classic work, Fromm explores love in all its aspects - not only romantic love, steeped in false conceptions and lofty expectations, but also love of parents, children, brotherly love, erotic love, self-love, and the love of God.
Customer Reviews
Disappointing
The book seems to be built upon assumptions with little to no evidence providing a foundation. He states certain ideas as fact, when they sound impossible to realistically prove.
I.E. Homosexuals can never achieve oneness because true oneness is only found with a man and woman. A combination of opposites. Therefore they will go through their whole life searching for completion without finding it.
It seems downright misleading. Where is the evidence for this claim?
Some ideas that should take 15-30 minutes to realistically work through are presented back to back with no deeper explanation.
Finally, the nararrator's voice is not the best. Sounds sharp and almost aggressive.
Overall, the whole thing seems to be just ruminations of a wandering, pseudo-philosophical mind with too much time and confidence on it's hands.
This guy literally hates people.
If you want to be reduced to a sad, pathetic, selfish piece of trash this is the book for you. Granted, I only got about 4 chapters in so I guess take this with a grain of salt. But if you want to quickly feel like we are doomed as the human race please download this book ASAP.
I’ve been married for 2 years and I love self help reading. I thought the reviews on Amazon or somewhere where good & I was really into the type face cover art.
This author needs some anti depressants & a nap.
Horrible book. Save your money
Terrible book. Very dull and boring
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