Rollo May
Rollo Reece May 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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Ada
- Educated at
- Columbia UniversityMichigan State UniversityOberlin CollegeUnion Theological SeminaryTeachers College
- Awards
- 🏆 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award
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Trending topics shown first"If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself. Also, you will have betrayed your community in failing to make your contribution…"
"The central psychological endeavor of Kierkegaard may be summed up under the heading of the question he pursued relentlessly: How can one become an individual? The individual was being swallowed up on…"
"It is an old and ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way; and we grasp more fiercely at research, statistics, and technical aids in sex when we have lost the values and me…"
"Tenderness emerges from the fact that the two persons, longing, as all individuals do, to overcome the separateness and isolation to which we are all heir because we are individuals, can participate i…"
"Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about."
"Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears."
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1909
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