人类精神是否健全是社会健康发展的一个重要评判指标, 培养“健全的人”的思想是弗洛姆结合自身理论并依据弗洛伊德的精神分析理论和马克思关于人的学说, 综合西方资本主义社会精神状况的调查研究提出的。弗洛姆分析了西方资本主义社会人类的生存状况, 认为人除了满足于和动物共有的需要以外, 还具有精神的需要, 并且得出了异化现象已经渗透到了人的各个方面的结论。弗洛姆针对人们的生存困境问题和社会中各个方面的异化, 提出我们需要精神健全, 成为健全的人的思想。他认为要想培养健全的人, 必须建立健全的社会, 进而在各个方面恢复人的批判性和创造性。弗洛姆的培养“健全的人”的思想对当代的教育、文化具有重要的借鉴价值。 

The concept of creating “sane human beings” is proposed by Fromm based on his theory, combining Freud' s psychoanalytic theory, and Marx' s theory of human beings, as well as a thorough examination of the mental health in western capitalist society. Fromm examined human life in western capitalist society, believing that in addition to basic needs of animals, humans require creative personalities, freedom, and love, and concluding that alienation had pervaded all areas of human life in capitalist society. In response to the problem of people' s existential dilemma and the alienation that exists in all aspects of society, Fromm proposed the idea that human beings need to be spiritually sane and that each person should become a sane human being. He argued that in order to develop sane human beings, it is necessary to build a sane society and thus restore people' s critical thinking and creativity in all aspects. Fromm' s idea of “sane human beings” is of significant reference value to contemporary education and culture.