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« I could fill in pages and pages of these quotations from the Fathers of the Church where they assert that private property and the selfish use of all possession are immoral. »
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Erich Fromm
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Erich Fromm
Have or be
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« Tertullian (IIth century) considered trade as a whole to be the fruit of greed, and he denies its necessity in people who are free from rapacity. He asserts that trade always carries with him the danger of idolatry. He calls avarice the "root of all evil." »
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Erich Fromm
Have or be |
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Erich Fromm
Have or be
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« The modern market is no longer a meeting place, but a mechanism characterized by an abstract and impersonal demand. It is produced for this market, not for a known circle of consumers; its verdict is in the law of supply and demand, and it is he who decides whether the goods can be sold, and at what price. »
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Erich Fromm
The man for himself |
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Erich Fromm
The man for himself
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