A classic in its own time...The original self-help treatise that has inspired countless numbers of men and women throughout the world. Learn how love can release hidden potential and become life's most exhilarating experience. In this fresh and candid work, renowned psychoanalyst Erich Fromm guides you in developing your capacity for love in all its aspectsromantic love, love of parents for children, brotherly love, erotic love, self-love, and love of God. Read by a professional narrator, this powerful rendition of the book shows how you can alter the whole course of your life. The Art of Loving has been continuously in publication since 1956 and has sold over 6 million copies. It is considered the seminal work in developing the psychology of person growth.

　　关于爱是什么，为何我们需要爱等问题，在《爱的艺术》这本书中，当代心理分析学家弗洛姆有着不同于一般人对爱的诠释。爱的艺术并非是一本教人学会如何爱的情爱圣典，而是关于指导人生意义的心灵哲学类书籍。
　　本书要告诉读者，爱情不是一种与人的成熟程度无关，只需要投入身心的感情。这本书要说服读者：如果不努力发展自己的全部人格并以此达到一种创造倾向性，那么每种爱的试图都会失败；如果没有爱他人的能力，如果不能真正谦恭地、勇敢地、真诚地和有纪律地爱他人，那么人们在自己的爱情生活中也永远得不到满足。
　　爱是一门艺术吗？如果爱是一门艺术，那就要求想要掌握这门艺术的人有这方面的知识并付出努力。
　　爱情是一种积极的，而不是消极的情绪，是人内心生长的东西，而不是被俘虏的情绪。一般来说可以用另一个说法来表达，即爱情首先是给而不是得。
　　天真的、孩童式的爱情遵循下列原则：“我爱，因为我被人爱。”成熟的爱的原则是：“我被人爱，因为我爱人。”不成熟的、幼稚的爱是：“我爱你，因为我需要你。”而成熟的爱是：“我需要你，因为我爱你。”
　　如果我确实爱一个人，那么我也爱其他的人，我就会爱世界，爱生活。如果我能对一个人说“我爱你”，我也应该可以说“我在你身上爱所有的人，爱世界，也爱我自己。”

内容简介

The renowned psychoanalyst Erich Fromm has helped millions of men and women achieve rich, productive lives by developing their hidden capacities for love. In this astonishly frank and candid book, he explores the ways in which this extraordinary emotion can alter the whole course of your life.

Most of us are unable to develop our capacities for love on the only level that really counts--a love that is compounded of maturity, self-knowledge, and courage. Learning to love, like other arts, demands practice and concentration. Even more than any other art it demands genuine insight and understanding. In this startling book, Fromm discusses love in all its aspects; not only romantic love, so surrounded by conceptions, but also love of parents for children, brotherly love, erotic love, self-love, and love of God.

作者简介

Erich Fromm (1900-1980) emigrated from Germany in 1934 to the United States, where he held a private psychotherapeutic practice and taught at Columbia, Yale, and New York University. His many books include The Art of Loving, Escape from Freedom, Man for Himself, and The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness.

　　艾罩希·弗洛姆，著名德裔美籍心理学家、精神分析学家、哲学家。1900年生于德国法兰克福犹太人家庭，1922年获德国海德堡大学哲学博士学位，是二十年代“法兰克福学派”重要成员。纳粹上台后，他于1934年赴美，在从事心理咨询工作的同时，住哥伦比亚大学等学术机构讲学，井先后执教于墨西哥国立大学、密歇根州立人学等高校。1980年弗洛姆病逝于瑞士洛伽诺。
　　弗洛姆的研究植根于弗洛伊德的精神分析学说和马克思主义哲学理论。他认为人是各自所在文化的产物，在现代工业化社会，人变得越来越自我疏离，这种孤立感导致人们潜意识下渴望与他人结合、联系。
　　弗洛姆以深入浅出、平易近人的文笔，创作了人量学术著作和普及性作品，其中影响最大的有《爱的艺术》、《逃避自由》、《健全的社会》、《精神分析的危机》等。

精彩书评

"Erich Fromm is both a psychologist of penetration and a writer of ability. His book is one of dignity and candor, of practicality and precision." --Chicago Tribune