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The Art Of Being

Erich Fromm

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Born in 1900 March 23, Erich Fromm was a famous American psychoanalyst, sociologist, and philosopher. This book mentions the wrong ways of self-awareness and how this awareness can get involved in our lives. To own and to be has a difference. He shares the practices he has tried and his steps towards becoming and includes self-examination as a psychoanalytic practice. He talks about two different character structures that show how people take an attitude towards themselves and the world: To own and to be.

While the person with the intention of ownership determines the course of his life, the people in his life and what he likes or dislikes according to what they can have; The person who tends always to choose his life purpose to develop his spiritual powers. We will learn the steps to be in this book and create a guide for productive self-awareness. This book, which appeals to everyone who wants to add this awareness to their lives, will make you question from different angles and realize what you value.

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