The Art of Loving Erich Fromm Book
by Erich Fromm

Number of Pages: 192 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Publish Date: Nov 20, 2006
Price: $14.99
ASIN: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0061129739/?tag=connectings01-20" target="_blank" title="Amazon ASIN">0061129739
ISBN: 0061129739

Book Comments & Discussion (2)

UnknownOPDec 2014

Instead of giving my opinion about the book, I write a few quotes from it, because nothing better could be said to present it:

"Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision."

"Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice."

"Paradoxically, the ability to be alone is the condition for the ability to love."

And so much more to find in this powerful book.

Storyline

The fiftieth Anniversary Edition of the groundbreaking international bestseller that has shown millions of readers how to achieve rich, productive lives by developing their hidden capacities for love

Most people are unable to love on the only level that truly matters: love that is compounded of maturity, self-knowledge, and courage. As with every art, love demands practice and concentration, as well as genuine insight and understanding.

In his classic work, The Art of Loving, renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm explores love in all its aspects—not only romantic love, steeped in false conceptions and lofty expectations, but also brotherly love, erotic love, self-love, the love of God, and the love of parents for their children.