Episode 133: Erich Fromm on Love as an Art (Part Two)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: Episode 133: Erich Fromm on Love as an Art (Part Two)
• Website: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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• Duration: 01:08:32
• Published: 2016-02-15 13:00

Continuing on Fromm's The Art of Loving (1956). We talk about love as requiring knowledge: as "knowing the secret" of humanity or at least being interested. This is related to sadism. Is there a difference between motherly and fatherly love? Fromm thinks so. He also talks about different degrees of maturity in one's belief in God, the best being God as equivalent to the world and love of God as love of humanity, i.e., orientation toward the good. Finally, we get Fromm on society: How could we reform norms so that love can be the norm?