browsing Internet resources I came across an interesting entry titled: "To have or be." Despite my aversion to philosophy, after the attempt read Sophie's World in my youth, I decided to read this very long work of Erich Fromm. Currently I'm reading a few pages of this position and I'll tell you frankly that my brain has been strongly stimulated to think about.
nutshell what Fromm writes, makes sense. Of course not agree with everything, but as the main objective was to force books to think for themselves, so it should be. The author noted that the so-called. Western progress leads to a chapter of our lives on the sphere sphere of work and wasted time. He also noted progressive the triumph of being in possession of most aspects of our lives. I am especially curious about Fromm's observation, quoted by the evolution of language toward the increased use of the word "take" by the modern people and the delivery volume of verbs and replacing them with nouns. So far, the book paints a grim picture of the world in which we live, often showing clearly some phenomena whose existence is running out for us in everyday life.
conclude, I wish only to express the hope that later in the book I find the answer to the question, which, how to prevent the triumph of possession. For now, Fromm suggests condescension of the religious systems, both east and west, after all, almost every major religion recommends extreme minimalism and ridding ourselves of all goods in order to fully "be." Extreme minimalism, this might not be what appeals to me most, but the most modest houses in the circle of my interests.
I think this is not the last post about "having or being," so if the topic you are interested, please come back for some time, I have an idea for a post inspired by beginning in the left, corner of the book.
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