Geburtsdatum | Mittwoch, 21. April 1909 |
Geburtsort | Ada, Ohio, U.S. |
Todesort | Tiburon,_California |
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Beschreibung | Rollo Reece May (April 21, 1909 – October 22, 1994) was an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will (1969). He is often associated with humanistic psychology and existentialist philosophy, and alongside Viktor Frankl, was a major proponent of existential psychotherapy. The philosopher and theologian Paul Tillich was a close friend who had a significant influence on his work. As well as Love and Will, May's works include The Meaning of Anxiety (1950, revised 1977) and, titled in honor of Tillich's The Courage to Be, The Courage to Create (1975). |
Depression is the inability to construct a future.
Human freedom involves our capacity to pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Courage is not the absence of despair it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.
It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.
