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Life & fun · February 10, 2016

On Books #23 - The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm

A 30 minute deep dive into the book The Art of Loving (1956)

On Books #23 - The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm launched on February 10, 2016 with 60 votes, #1,423 of 4,386 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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Most people are unable to love on the only level that truly matters: love that is compounded of maturity, self-knowledge, and courage. As with every art, love demands practice and concentration, as well as genuine insight and understanding. In his classic work, The Art of Loving, renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm explores love in all its aspects—not only romantic love, stee

“Love is an art, just as living is an art; if we want to learn how to love we must proceed in the same way we have to proceed if we want to learn any other art, say music, painting, carpentry, or the art of medicine and engineering.” First you must master the theory, and then the you must master the practice. Fromm writes, “If I want to learn the art of medicine I must first know the facts about the human body, and various diseases. When I have all this theoretical knowledge, I am by no means competent in the art of medicine. I shall become a master in this art only after a great deal of practice , until eventually the results of my theoretical knowledge and the results of my…from castig.org

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