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"Infantile love follows the principle: I love because I am loved. Mature love follows the principle: I am loved because I love. Immature love says: I love you because I need you. Mature love says: I need you because I love you."

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About Erich Fromm

Erich Fromm was a German-born social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and humanistic philosopher associated with the Frankfurt School. Born in Frankfurt in 1900, he developed influential ideas on freedom, authority, and human needs in modern society. He died in Muralto, Switzerland, on 1980-03-18.

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