Viktor Emil Frankl - Logotheory & Logotherapy
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What a great man.
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To be able to live your life according to any How you first have to find the Why!
That was Frankl's main message of his books and interviews..
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@WoundedEgo English is much easier than German.
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@JensonThunders Frankl says a "meal" is a hedonist meaning and won't take people anywhere. It's in his book.
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Is Barbra Walters conducting the interview?
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Some people do not have any friends or family which is what leads them to despair.
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I think Victor is great because he is bulletproof,fireproof ,ropeproof,disease proof, starvation proof and torture proof, he could not be killed by mean ole nazi guys even though the nazi guys wanted to kill him,WOW ! how did he do that ? but all the rest of his family was killed by those mean ole nazi guys. I wish he had written a book on that too, then when it happens again we can all live through it. It looks like he could have told his family ?
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@mikearnette That is a real shame. I wonder what happened to logotherapy; certainly its replacement of heavy medication even of young children and concentration on self fullfillment have not been a success. Maybe people in the psychiatric field should reopen the books and ideas of logotherapy.
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I'm always amazed at the command of the English language that Europeans acheive. I would never want to be interviewed in German!
I think "survival" is an unsurprising topic for a Holocaust survivor.
Frankl is a wise man.
Read 'Man's search fro meaning'.. take your mind for a walk.. know that what you have already is most certainly priceless.. your friends .. your family.. know that love is the ultimate meaning.. be greatful for all you have ... be thankful for the little things.. a great meal.. a sunset.. know your life is what you decide it to be.. Victor reminded me of this.
JensonThunders 4 years ago 13
Viktor Frankl doesn't really say we should search for meaning. He does say that the primary motivation of man is a 'will to meaning'; however, he is careful to point out that you cannot engage in a directed quest for a meaning. He rather encourages people to be mindful of aspects in life that provide them real meaning, and it is logotherapy which is meant to help a patient become more mindful and aware of what gives them meaning.
vedder110 3 years ago 11