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Viktor Emil Frankl (26 March 1905 – 2 September 1997) [1] was an Austrian neurologist, psychologist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor, [2] who founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy that describes a search for a life's meaning as the central human motivational force. [3] .
May 10, 2024 · Viktor Frankl, Austrian psychiatrist and psychotherapist who developed the psychological approach known as logotherapy, widely recognized as the ‘third school’ of Viennese psychotherapy. Frankl’s theory was that the individual’s primary motivation is the search for meaning in life.
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- “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
- “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning.
- “Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.” ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning.
- “Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself.
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With a lifetime that spanned most of the 20th Century, Viktor Emil Frankl (March 26, 1905 –September 2, 1997) was witness to a transformative period in world history. He is most known for being a Holocaust survivor, but in reality, this represented a short period in his long life.
Mar 26, 2019 · Indeed, the memory of Viktor Frankl is eternal. So is his inspirational and aspirational message of meaning. Here are four current initiatives that, in different ways, will guarantee that the...
Frankl is studying medicine at the University of Vienna Medical School and becomes spokesman of the Austrian Socialist High School Students Association. He regularly attends the meetings of the Alfred Adler circle at Vienna's "Cafe Siller." As the youngest member he is given the nickname "Benjamin."
Man's Search for Meaning is a 1946 book by Viktor Frankl chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose to each person's life through one of three ways: the completion of tasks, caring for another person, or finding ...
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