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« Critical thinking is not a fun, but a faculty. One cannot have fun having the critical mind of the philosopher, saying at certain times of the day: "I am a philosopher, I now have a critical mind", and stripping him when he returns home, after his day's work. Critical thinking is a quality, a faculty, a way of approaching the world, a trade with everything. Criticism is by no means synonymous with hostility, negativism, nihilism. On the contrary, the critical mind is at the service of life, it helps to eliminate individually and socially the obstacles to life that paralyze us. To be critical in a world that makes this difficult for us, it takes courage. »
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Erich Fromm
The art of listening |
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Erich Fromm
The art of listening
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« A man may have a critical mind in a dictatorship, but will not express his criticism if he does not want to risk his life. The critical mind towards the system will, however, make him happier and freer than the one who remains a prisoner of his thoughts, trapped in a system of thoughts that he does not believe in. »
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Erich Fromm
The art of listening |
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Erich Fromm
The art of listening
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« Ask an average reader what he thinks about a certain political issue and he will give you as "his" opinion a more or less accurate account of what he has read, and most importantly - and this is the essential point - he will believe that what he is saying is the result of his own thought. »
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Erich Fromm
Fear of freedom |
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Erich Fromm
Fear of freedom
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