Book Summary of Man's Search for Meaning
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.nnThe 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.nnFrankl 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.
About the Author
Viktor Frankl was born in Vienna in 1905 and was Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School. His wife, father, mother and brother all died in Nazi concentration camps, only he and his sister survived, but he never lost the qualities of compassion, loyalty, undaunted spirit and thirst for life (earning his pilot's licence aged 67). He died in Vienna in 1997.
Table of Contents
An enduring work of survival literature,If you read but one book this year, Dr Frankl's book should be that one.,His works are essential reading for those who seek to understand the human condition.,Influential and eloquent.,Perhaps the most significant thinking since Freud and Adler.,A poignant testimony...a hymn to the phoenix rising in each of us who choose life before flight.,Remarkable...It changed my life and became a part of all that I live and all that I teach.
About the Author
Viktor Frankl was born in Vienna in 1905 and was Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School. His wife, father, mother and brother all died in Nazi concentration camps, only he and his sister survived, but he never lost the qualities of compassion, loyalty, undaunted spirit and thirst for life (earning his pilot's licence aged 67). He died in Vienna in 1997.
Table of Contents
An enduring work of survival literature,If you read but one book this year, Dr Frankl's book should be that one.,His works are essential reading for those who seek to understand the human condition.,Influential and eloquent.,Perhaps the most significant thinking since Freud and Adler.,A poignant testimony...a hymn to the phoenix rising in each of us who choose life before flight.,Remarkable...It changed my life and became a part of all that I live and all that I teach.
Details of Book: Man's Search for Meaning
| Book: | Man's Search for Meaning |
| Author: | Viktor E. Frankl |
| ISBN: | 1846041244 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781846041242,978-1846041242 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Publishing Date: | 2008 |
| Publisher: | Rider & Co. |
| Edition: | 01 |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | B |
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