Erich Fromm Interview Excerpt 4

[ismokereefer]

Fromm is brilliantly honest

[lukosius1221]

He is extremely clever, just very thoughtful, which I amdire a lot. And I am not saying that without having really listened and realized what he said. I hear a lot of people who use all the same words, and yet hardly say anything substantial, worth saying that would be significantly actual and important, but then there are somebody who go straight to the point and so deep and really grasp the essence of what really matters. And Erich is one of them. A great great man, agree with him a lot.

[modfather1965]

Notice the book just to the left of Fromm's head: "Cosmic Consciousness," by Richard Maurice Bucke. Fromm was a genius, a visionary, one who had made substantial progress toward enlightenment. Apparently, he valued Bucke's insights. Bucke's book is one man's account of what is possible when human beings transcend the boundaries which are so ubiquitously in place, keeping us separate from one another and thus so prone to objectification.

[adamscott]

@modfather1965 Thanks I was trying to find who the author of that book is.

[kamranii]

Television produced such programs? What went wrong? Perhaps I should read more Fromm to find out about the answer!

[adamscott]

Merry Christmas, let's learn to be rather then carry on with having

[hdatienza]

Erich Fromm saved many of his relatives during the second world war taking them out of Germany. This man used his resources to do that, and he was an only son. Without doubt he was a wonderful person and he is an inspiration for me.

[adamscott]

He's referring to the innate need to create or to destroy which he touches on in the sane society - ''If I can't do one I will do the other'' so the human race will end itself.

[rudi68domi]

simple in understanding

to be or to have?

[IgnoranceIsPower]

Be not afraid of "just beeing". Well that`s the lesson for today and tomorrow...

[ReX342]

earthlike planets in the world...Now that's an unintelligent statement if I ever heard one being uttered by a native english speaker. Good thing he thinks in german, like einstein thought in math. The latter escaping the consequences of his inventions (only writing a letter after pretty much inventing the bomb, saying you shouldn't use it for evil -d'uh-).

Die Welt in philosophy I assume is more than the globe.

[asmodeus585]

Actually the word "world" has also a similar meaning to the "universe" in English. "World" is basically everything of which we know that it exists anywhere.

[jankuiper3422]

Read three of his books. This summer I think i'll pick a new one.

One of my favorite philosphers :)

[subscriber77]

What a great shame that it's spiritual cripples like Bush and not great human beings like Fromm that are elected to positions of power. Is there something in the constitution of people of the latter kind that keeps them from striving for power? Or is it their very philosophy that prohibits it?

[mach3tiger]

@subscriber77 if hitler could con the world into believeing that his intellegence is prodigious; well people are very stupid. they think theres nothing more natural than the having mode. it'd be futile.

[Diosibundo]

@subscriber77

Kind of.... but we have a system that self selects for people like Bush and Limbaugh and rejects people like Fromm. I think the entire system is kind of Soul Killing and crippling. It takes a great deal of effort to be self aware and decent in a system that trains you to care only about yourself.

[kurtilein3]

@subscriber77

check out the global elders :) they seem to be the people you would like to see in positions of power, and now that they have formed this group as soon as people start listening to them they might become powerful. but the word influence would be more accurate i think, its a power of persuasion. the way this group is set up is also similar to an idea fromm mentioned earlier in the interview, they nominate new members.

[pleasantms]

A wonderful man with a wonderful mind!

[colombian18]

When we try and play god, it will be our downfall.

[0kreshnik]

Awsome !!!

[GoodMarilynManson]

Genius ... this and one of my heroes