The Art of Loving
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The Art of Loving
Erich Fromm
6 people recommended it in 6 threads, 2016–2020.
What people on Hacker News said
To him love is a skill that has to be practiced and learned, love in a relationship is constant hard work, love of another is only possible if you first love yourself, and you cannot love another human being if you do not love mankind.
an analysis of different kinds of loves, trying to dispel pop culture's lies about love, and love is actually hard work
He's wonderfully BS-free, combining insights into psychology, society, work, politics etc.
As a younger person who often gets frustrated with how easy it is to get caught up in his own narcissism and materialism, this book helped me better understand myself and what my core drives are moreso than anything else I’ve encountered to date.
the most impactfull book for me was The Art of Loving (1956) by Erich Fromm because it opened up a world of psychology and psychoanalysis and significantly altered my view on how humans think.
Fromm pitches the idea that love is an art rather than a feeling.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: What was a book that changed your life? 2020 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same as before? 2020 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything? 2019 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018? 2018 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What's one book that changed your life? 2018 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: What book have you given as a gift? 2016 · 1 recommendation