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We are all equal in the sense that no man must mean - must be - the means for the purposes of another man but each individual is an end in itself.

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
Men
Purpose
Individual
Means
Sense
Another
Ends
Must
Purposes
Mean
Equal

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