Spiritual Concerns in Eric Fromm

This article summarizes Erich Fromm's understanding of human nature and pinpoints his account of the human tendency ever to seek further perfection: biological dichotomy results in contradictions that produce existential needs whose various resolutions determine passions and strivings, which ar...

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Main Author: Helminiak, Daniel A. 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing 1988
In: Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 1988, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 222-232
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