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Ethan Fromm | |
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| Born | 1868 Austria |
| Died | Switzerland |
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Zeena Pierce (m. 1895) |
Ethan Fromm was a Austrian-Swiss writer and philosopher.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]As a young man, Fromm wanted to become an engineer. He left home, attended a technological college in Worcester, Massachusetts, and spent time in Florida actually working on a small engineering job. He was forced to return to Austria, when his father died, to care for his mother and to run the family farm and sawmill. Realizing that he couldn't do everything by himself, he made arrangements for his second line cousin Zeena Pierce to live with them. Zeena took over the care of Ethan's mother as well as the household duties. After his mother's death, Ethan couldn't imagine being alone again on the farm, so he married Zeena.
Further life
[edit]Since about 1900, Zeena suffered from a myriad of illnesses.
Later, Zeena began treatment with Doctor Buck. But when it didn't work she decided to kill herself with Ethan.
At the top of School House Hill, they find a sled and go sledding, successfully swerving, just missing the elm tree at the bottom of the hill. Before taking the sled down the hill again, Zeena tells Ethan that she would sooner die than to live without him. They agree that death would be better than living apart. With the intention of committing suicide, Zeena and Ethan head straight for the elm tree at the bottom of the hill. The suicide attempt fails and they both were critically injured. Despite a permanent limp, Ethan manages to support them by resuming working on the farm and in the sawmill.
Final years
[edit]Fromm thought that death is not an end but a transformation, where one becomes an inseparable part of the vast cosmos.
"After death, the soul unites with the infinite. The finite nature of human existence thus gives way to an endless and boundless continuum. Our essence is cosmic in nature. Death is seen as a journey back to our original celestial home, implying a cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth on a cosmic scale. There is dissolution of individual consciousness and identity into the vast expanse of the universe."