To Have or to Be

Main Ideas

• The dichotomy of 'having' and 'being' as two primary forms of human existence.
• Critique of consumer society and its focus on material possessions.
• Transition from having to being as a path to true happiness and self-realization.
• Impact of the capitalist system on the formation of personality and society.
• The necessity of developing human qualities such as love, creativity, and compassion.
• Understanding freedom as the ability to be, rather than to have.
• The role of education and upbringing in fostering an orientation towards being.
• Psychological and social consequences of an orientation towards having.
• Ethical and spiritual aspects of a life based on being.