The nature of love

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian psychoanalyst and founder of psychoanalysis, believed that sexual motives and love attraction determine the character of each individual; he devoted most of his attention to these aspects in his works. Erich Fromm, a German psychologist and psychoanalyst, was one of the founders of neo-Freudianism. From Fromm's point of view, sexual attractions should not be considered in themselves, but in their entirety, including the ethical norms of love. In this, Fromm developed and supplemented Freud's theory, shifting the emphasis from biological motives of human behavior in psychoanalysis to social factors. This book contains the most significant works of Sigmund Freud and Erich Fromm on the nature of love.