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Can freedom become a burden, too heavy for man to bear, something he tries to escape from?..Is there not also, perhaps, besides an innate desire for freedom, an instinctive wish for submission?

Erich Fromm

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Erich Fromm
Age: 79 †
Born: 1900
Born: March 23
Died: 1980
Died: March 18
Philosopher
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Sociologist
University Teacher
Writer
Frankfurt/Main
Trying
Heavy
Instinctive
Something
Bears
Submission
Men
Perhaps
Innate
Freedom
Besides
Wish
Tries
Desire
Escape
Become
Burden
Also
Bear

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