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A dream is a microscope through which we look at the hidden occurrences in our soul.
Erich Fromm
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Erich Fromm
Age: 79 †
Born: 1900
Born: March 23
Died: 1980
Died: March 18
Philosopher
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Sociologist
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Frankfurt/Main
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The whole life of the individual is nothing but the process of giving birth to himself indeed, we should be fully born when we die.
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Man's biological weakness is the condition of human culture.
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Mother's love always peace as it not to be acquired nor deserved.
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