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Man's Search For Meaning

Viktor Frankl

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Completed on 24 March 2023
ISBN : 9781846041242
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A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that he and other inmates coped with the experience of being in Auschwitz. He noticed that it was the men who comforted others and who gave away their last piece of bread who survived the longest - and who offered proof that everything can be taken away from us except the ability to choose our attitude in any given set of circumstances. The sort of person the prisoner became was the result of an inner decision and not of camp influences alone. Only those who allowed their inner hold on their moral and spiritual selves to subside eventually fell victim to the camp's degenerating influence - while those who made a victory of those experiences turned them into an inner triumph. Frankl came to believe that man's deepest desire is to search for meaning and purpose. This outstanding work offers us all a way to transcend suffering and find significance in the art of living. 

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A great book which gives such good lessons for life. A must read book for everyone. Viktor Frankl, a well-known psychiatrist in Vienna before the war, had a unique perspective on how he and the other prisoners dealt with their time in Auschwitz. He observed that the survivors who offered consolation to others and shared their last piece of bread provided evidence that nothing can be taken from us but the freedom to choose our attitude in any given situation. The prisoner's personality development was the consequence of an internal choice rather than solely camp influences. Only those who allowed their inner control over their moral and spiritual selves to weaken eventually fell prey to the camp's degenerating impact, while those who made a conscious effort to maintain such controls never did.