Man S Search For Meaning By Viktor Frankl

Man s search for meaning is a 1946 book by viktor frankl chronicling his experiences as an auschwitz concentration camp inmate during world war ii and describing his psychotherapeutic method which involved identifying a purpose in life to feel positively about and then immersively imagining that outcome.

Man s search for meaning by viktor frankl. According to frankl the way a prisoner imagined the future affected his longevity. Interestingly he found. Suffering in and of itself is meaningless. We give our suffering meaning by the way in which we respond to it.

In man s search for meaning psychiatrist and neurologist viktor frankl 1905 1997 wrote about his ordeal as a concentration camp inmate during the second world war. The book intends to answer the question how was everyday life in a concentration camp reflected in the mind. You can find meaning in work by doing something significant in love by caring for another person and in courage during difficult times. In work doing something significant in love caring for another person and in courage during difficult times.

Frankl saw three possible sources for meaning. At the time of frankl s death in 1997 man s search for meaning had sold more than 10 million copies in twenty four languages.