The Art of Love

Author: (USA) Erich Fromm
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: "The Art of Loving" primarily explores the idea that love is a skill, akin to an appreciation for art. Love, maternal love, and friendship are all practices that lead to personal growth, enriching the soul. Fromm, from a humanistic and critical psychoanalytic perspective, views "love" as humanity's reflection and response to its own existence. Love is not a program with instructions. It is likely that readers seeking (secrets) to mastering the art of love will be disappointed. On the contrary, this book aims to tell readers: love is not an emotion that can be easily acquired or detached from one's level of maturity. This book seeks to persuade readers: if you do not strive to develop your entire personality and fail to cultivate a creative tendency in your potential abilities, you will not achieve any of your goals in love. Without the ability to love others, without devout humility and courage, without the virtue of universal love, your own expectations of love will remain unfulfilled. Everyone can ask themselves this question: How much of the love I have seen is truly authentic?