Review of Viktor Frankl "Man's Search for Meaning"
first read this book on my first year of college back in 1995. It is a book that I have re-read every other year.
Now this book is one that most relate to psychology but it is has a lot to teach outside of those that practice its science.
During the Holocaust, Frankl spent three years in 4 different concentrations camp, the majority of this time in Auschwitz and Dachau. Now the book does not focus on his experience in the camps or is it a story of his survival during such a terrible time in his life. The book focuses on what he learned about himself and others, lessons that helped him survived and later became the foundation of logotherapy, it is derived from the Greek word logos that translates to “meaning”.
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