On March 18,1980, Erich Fromm dies in Muralto, Switzerland. Born in Germany, Fromm receives his Ph.D. in 1922 and becomes a disciple of Sigmund Freud. When he leaves Nazi Germany in 1933 for the United States, he already has a distinguished reputation as a psychoanalyst. He soon comes into conflict with psychoanalytic orthodoxy by challenging Freud's preoccupation with unconscious drives and neglect of social factors. His many books earn him professional respect as well as a wide general readership.
Motherly love begins with oneness, and leads to separateness.