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Erich Segal

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ERICH FROMM The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.
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ERICH FROMM While every human being has a capacity for love, its realization is one of the most difficult achiev...
ERICH FROMM The scars left from the child's defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at ...
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