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« Because neo-behaviorism has no theory of man, it can only see behavior, not man behaving. If someone smiles to hide their hostility from me, or if a saleswoman smiles in a store because she has been instructed (in the right shops!) or if a friend smiles at me because he is happy to see me, all this, for the neo-behaviorist, is one and the same thing: "a smile is a smile". That it makes no difference to Professor Skinner as a person is something very hard to believe, unless he is so alienated himself that the reality of the individual no longer has any interest in him. But if difference is of any importance, then how could a theory that ignores it be valid? »
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Erich Fromm
The Passion to Destroy: Anatomy of Human Destructiveness |
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Erich Fromm
The Passion to Destroy: Anatomy of Human Destructiveness
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« Is love an art? In this case, it requires knowledge and effort. Or is love a pleasant sensation, whose experience is a matter of chance, in which one "falls" if luck smiles on you? »
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Erich Fromm
The art of loving |
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Erich Fromm
The art of loving
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« Love is not a feeling within anyone's reach: it depends on our level of maturity. »
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Erich Fromm
The art of loving |
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Erich Fromm
The art of loving
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