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The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
2.0

There were parts of this book that I found quite insightful - especially in putting into words what it means to be vulnerable with oneself and learn to be alone with oneself before you can truly love. However, that is where my praise end. This book is...outdated. Very sexist and homophobic. If you are a middle/upper class white male you will probably enjoy this - for the rest of us...it can get unbearable to power through this one. Never in my life has a book with less than 200 pages felt like it was 1000.