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« Fatherly love has this negative that it must be deserved, that it can be lost if one disappoints its expectation. Its nature implies that obedience is the main virtue, disobedience the major sin - whose punishment is the withdrawal of paternal love. The positive side is just as important. Since his love is conditional, it is in my power to acquire it, I can work in this direction; her love, unlike that of the mother, is not beyond my reach. »
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The art of loving
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« `...` But here they are, at first, they know nothing: they take, in fact, the intensity of the craze, this state of being "crazy" of each other, as proof of the intensity of their love, when it only reveals the degree of their previous loneliness. »
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Erich Fromm
The art of loving |
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Erich Fromm
The art of loving
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« Beyond a certain point, it is true, poverty can make giving impossible, and therefore it is demeaning, not only because of the suffering it causes directly, but also because it deprives the poor of the joy of giving. »
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Erich Fromm
The art of loving |
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Erich Fromm
The art of loving
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