- Tags:: #📚Books - Author:: [[Erich Fromm]] - Genre:: [[Psychology]],[[Philosophy]],[[Nonfiction]] - Source date:: [[1956-01-01]] - Audience score:: 8 - Link:: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14142.The_Art_of_Loving?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Mtk5KxTpAx&rank=1 - ISBN:: 9780061129735 - Added to vault date:: [[2026-01-31]] - Finished date:: - Liked:: - Cover:: <img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1438550243i/14142.jpg" width="100"> ## Why did I want to read it? ![[Now#^511562]] And this is what Claude Opus 4.5 recommended; >Fromm argues that love is a skill requiring effort, self-awareness, and discipline—and that modern society doesn’t cultivate any of this. He’s quite direct about the gap between what love requires and what most people bring to it. It’s from 1956 but doesn’t feel dated. ## What did I get out of it?