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wabi_sabi's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
renss's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
ltoshinskie's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.5
I ended up skimming a lot of this because the language feels unnecessarily opaque and besides being old-fashioned, a lot of his points felt oft-expressed. I guess there is some value in being reminded that many of us don’t have pure models for love and that it’s okay to need to learn and practice it…but otherwise this guy was chattin.
berglie1's review against another edition
5.0
Easily the best book I've read in the past 5 years. Fromm so clearly communicates a theory of mankind, civics, interpersonal relationships, the self and how all those are affected by and are inextricably linked with economics and politics. Especially in the west.
Fromm brings worldviews from the East and West and the rest in between to paint a picture that we can all enjoy together.
Fromm brings worldviews from the East and West and the rest in between to paint a picture that we can all enjoy together.
kcrawfish's review against another edition
5.0
A book I will return to again and again.
For a non-fiction to earn a reread, it must strike something that I want to envelope into myself and marry with my heart and mind. Fromm might not be for you, but he certainly was for me.
What is love? Is Love something we treat as a given, as a habit or an experience independent of our will and choice? Mostly, yes. We “fall” in love. We claim to love our family and friends, but doesn’t this thing that enriches our souls and the essence of our lives deserve closer examination?
So what is love then? Love is an art.
Fromm states in his first sentences that love deserves all the care, study, and practice we give towards learning arts of medicine or painting, and I can’t help but agree.
For a non-fiction to earn a reread, it must strike something that I want to envelope into myself and marry with my heart and mind. Fromm might not be for you, but he certainly was for me.
What is love? Is Love something we treat as a given, as a habit or an experience independent of our will and choice? Mostly, yes. We “fall” in love. We claim to love our family and friends, but doesn’t this thing that enriches our souls and the essence of our lives deserve closer examination?
So what is love then? Love is an art.
Fromm states in his first sentences that love deserves all the care, study, and practice we give towards learning arts of medicine or painting, and I can’t help but agree.
samvanstokkom's review against another edition
5.0
dit is echt een brilliant boek!! oh mijn god i love love love dit boek. zo veel goede inzichten. zo veel goede quotes. erich fromm lijkt me echt een sympathieke guy. dit boek is heel comforting. ik zou hem zo nog een keer lezen. iedereen moet dit boek lezen, ik ga iedereen forceren dit boek te lezen.