“Authority is not a quality one person "has," in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him”
— Erich Fromm
Simplified Meaning:
Authority is when one person sees another person as being higher or having more power than them. It's about how people relate to each other, not something you can own or hold like a physical object.
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