Abraham Maslow
Psychologist (1908 to 1970), a founder of humanistic psychology, whose Toward a Psychology of Being (1962) argued that people have a good inner nature that grows toward self-actualization when basic needs are met.
Abraham Maslow did not write this page.
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Our reading
Their wordsSafety needs are prepotent over growth needs.
↗Toward a Psychology of Being (Van Nostrand, 1962)archive.org All 3 from this book
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Their wordsLove hunger is a deficiency disease, like salt hunger or the avitaminoses.
↗Toward a Psychology of Being (Van Nostrand, 1962)archive.org All 3 from this book
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Our reading
Since our inner nature is good or neutral, it should be encouraged rather than suppressed
Their wordsSince this inner nature is good or neutral rather than bad, it is best to bring it out and to encourage it rather than to suppress it.
↗Toward a Psychology of Being (Van Nostrand, 1962)archive.org All 3 from this book