Saturday, July 15, 2006
JULY 16 2006 - ERICH FROMM
"ANOTHER HELPFUL ATTITUDE IS ONE OF DEEP DISTRUST.
SINCE MOST OF WHAT WE HEAR IS EITHER PLAINLY UNTRUE, OR HALF-TRUE AND HALF-DISTORTED; AND SINCE MOST OF WHAT WE READ IN THE NEWSPAPERS IS DISTORTED INTERPRETATIONS SERVED AS FACTS; IT IS BY FAR THE BEST PLAN TO START OUT WITH RADICAL SCEPTICISM, AND THE ASSUMPTION THAT MOST OF WHAT ONE HEARS IS LIKELY TO BE A LIE, OR A DISTORTION."
('The Art of Being' by Erich Fromm - 1992)
SINCE MOST OF WHAT WE HEAR IS EITHER PLAINLY UNTRUE, OR HALF-TRUE AND HALF-DISTORTED; AND SINCE MOST OF WHAT WE READ IN THE NEWSPAPERS IS DISTORTED INTERPRETATIONS SERVED AS FACTS; IT IS BY FAR THE BEST PLAN TO START OUT WITH RADICAL SCEPTICISM, AND THE ASSUMPTION THAT MOST OF WHAT ONE HEARS IS LIKELY TO BE A LIE, OR A DISTORTION."
('The Art of Being' by Erich Fromm - 1992)
