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We are not on the way to greater individualism, but are becoming an increasingly manipulated mass civilization.

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
Mass
Civilization
Becoming
Greater
Way
Manipulated
Individualism
Increasingly

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