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Yes To Life In Spite of Everything
Yes To Life In Spite of Everything | Viktor E Frankl
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'Viktor Frankl gives us the gift of looking at everything in life as an opportunity' Edith Eger, bestselling author of The Choice 'Offers a path to finding hope even in these dark times' The New York Times A rediscovered masterpiece by the 16 million copy bestselling author of Mans Search For Meaning Just months after his liberation from Auschwitz renowned psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl delivered a series of talks revealing the foundations of his life-affirming philosophy. The psychologist, who would soon become world famous, explained his central thoughts on meaning, resilience and his conviction that every crisis contains opportunity. Published here for the very first time in English, Frankl's words resonate as strongly today as they did in 1946. Despite the unspeakable horrors in the camp, Frankl learnt from his fellow inmates that it is always possible to say yes to life a profound and timeless lesson for us all. With an introduction by Daniel Goleman. 'Frankls is a voice that seems as necessary now as it was in the shadow of the Holocaust' Guardian
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ShaaM
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• A human being should never become a means to an end.
• Whether a life is fulfilled does not depend on how great one's radius of action is, but rather only on whether the circle is fully filled out.
• Individuality can only be valuable when it is not individuality for its own sake but individuality for the human community.
• It is the nature of love that makes us see our loved one in their uniqueness and individuality.

Bookwomble A beautiful and poignant book. I feel some of Frankl's psychiatric attitudes are dated, though some are also rather progressive but, more importantly, his deep humanity and empathy shine very brightly. 3y
Suet624 I‘m a little unclear about the first line. What is he saying? 3y
Bookwomble @Suet624 Frankl wrote these lectures a few months after being liberated from a Nazi concentration camp, in which he experienced and witnessed the use of people as objects to achieve Nazi economic and military ends; people used as disposable resources to meet the requirements of a group who considered other groups as being without rights or personhood, and so could be treated without any ethical or moral consideration. 3y
Suet624 Oh, yes. Now I see. Thank you for taking the time to explain. 3y
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Three lectures given by Frankl in Vienna in 1946, a few months following his liberation from a Nazi concentration camp, which he edited into a book, which was published and largely forgotten until a couple of years ago, when the original publisher found it in their archive and decided to reprint. I'm still on the introduction, which is well worth reading in it's own right.

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I got these from the library today and don't know where to start!

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Frankl, a holocaust survivor, gave these lectures (published in English for the first time) while he was writing his masterpiece Man‘s Search for Meaning. Here you will find wisdom and hope. “Life itself means being questioned, means answering; each person must be responsible for their own existence.” - Viktor Frankl

Jee_HookedOnBookz I really loved Man's Search for Meaning 4y
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