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« Is our own democracy only threatened by fascism across the Atlantic or by the "fifth column" in our own ranks? If that were the case, the situation would be serious, but not critical. However, although the foreign and domestic threats of fascism must be taken seriously, there is no greater error or danger than not seeing that, in our own society, we are confronted with the same phenomenon that is everywhere fertile ground for the rise of fascism: the insignificance and impotence of the individual. »
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Erich Fromm
Fear of freedom |
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Erich Fromm
Fear of freedom
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« Spinoza is radically opposed to authoritarian ethics. For him, man is an end-in-self, not an instrument delivered to a power that transcends him. »
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Erich Fromm
The man for himself |
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Erich Fromm
The man for himself
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« When he adapts to slavery, he lowers the level of his intellectual and moral qualities. »
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Erich Fromm
The man for himself |
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Erich Fromm
The man for himself
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