The Art of Loving

5 hrs. 32 min.

Language Russian

Author Erich Fromm

Narrator Evgeny Ternovsky

Description

This book will disappoint anyone expecting an accessible guide to the art of love. Quite the opposite: it aims to show that love is not a sentimental feeling that any person can experience regardless of how mature they have become. It wants to convince the reader that all their attempts at love are doomed to fail unless they strive to develop their whole personality more actively—to achieve a productive orientation; that fulfillment in individual love cannot be achieved without the ability to love one’s neighbor, without true humanity, courage, faith, and discipline. In a culture where these qualities are rare, the ability to love is destined to remain a rare achievement. Let everyone ask themselves how many truly loving people they have met.