lagunaselkie on Nostr: Good morning… I want to send out a quote worthy of pondering from Erich Fromm’s ...
Good morning…
I want to send out a quote worthy of pondering from Erich Fromm’s book “To Have or To Be?” In which he describes the contrasts between two modes of existence: the “having” mode, that focuses on material possessions and power, and the “being” mode, centering on love…creativity…and the genuine expression of one’s self, a person who has maintained their humanity and intrinsic values ‘despite’ societal pressures towards materialism and alienation.
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‘A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense of dignity, who is not yet ‘for sale’, who can still suffer over the suffering of others, who hasn’t acquired full the ‘having’ mode of existence- briefly, a person who has remained a person and not become a thing- cannot help feeling lonely, powerless, and isolated in present day society. He cannot help doubting himself and his own convictions, if not his sanity. He cannot help suffering, even though he can experience moments of joy and clarity that are absent in the life of his ‘normal contemporaries. Not rarely, he will suffer from anxiety and depression that results from the situation of a sane man living in an insane society.’
#Nostr #quotes #ponder
I want to send out a quote worthy of pondering from Erich Fromm’s book “To Have or To Be?” In which he describes the contrasts between two modes of existence: the “having” mode, that focuses on material possessions and power, and the “being” mode, centering on love…creativity…and the genuine expression of one’s self, a person who has maintained their humanity and intrinsic values ‘despite’ societal pressures towards materialism and alienation.
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‘A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense of dignity, who is not yet ‘for sale’, who can still suffer over the suffering of others, who hasn’t acquired full the ‘having’ mode of existence- briefly, a person who has remained a person and not become a thing- cannot help feeling lonely, powerless, and isolated in present day society. He cannot help doubting himself and his own convictions, if not his sanity. He cannot help suffering, even though he can experience moments of joy and clarity that are absent in the life of his ‘normal contemporaries. Not rarely, he will suffer from anxiety and depression that results from the situation of a sane man living in an insane society.’
#Nostr #quotes #ponder