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« (A hypothesis) Human hyper-aggressiveness is not due to a greater potential for aggression, but to the fact that aggressive conditions would be much more frequent for humans than for animals living in their natural habitat. This argument is valid to some extent. And it has its importance, because it leads to a critical analysis of the human condition throughout history. It assumes that man, for most of his history, lived in a "zoo" and not "in nature", that is, in conditions of freedom capable of promoting human progress and well-being. »
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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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« In fact, it is difficult to imagine how many children owe their lives to vanity, sadism or masochism, rather than to sincere physical attraction, let alone love. But people, especially men, prefer to think they are "hypersexed" rather than "hypervanite". »
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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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« ... belief in God has been transformed today into a psychological expedient to be better equipped in the competitive struggle. »
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Erich Fromm
The art of loving |
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Erich Fromm
The art of loving
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