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The Will to Meaning

Finding Purpose in Life
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Even the tragic and negative aspects of life, such as unavoidable suffering, can be turned into a human achievement by the attitude which a man adopts toward his predicament... to transform despair into triumph. Holocaust survivor Viktor E. Frankl is known as the founder of logotherapy,... Read More
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An introduction to Viktor E. Frankl's system of thought, from the author of the iconic Holocaust memoir Man's Search for Meaning.

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Even the tragic and negative aspects of life, such as unavoidable suffering, can be turned into a human achievement by the attitude which a man adopts toward his predicament... to transform despair into triumph.

Holocaust survivor Viktor E. Frankl is known as the founder of logotherapy, a mode of psychotherapy based on our desire to search for meaning in our lives.

The Will to Meaning offers an introduction to Frankl's pioneering system of thought, and outlines the psychological tools needed to find hope in the face of adversity.

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ISBN: 9781805463801

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 February 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Atlantic Books

Edition: Main

Illustration: line drawings

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 157g

Pages: 176

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Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997) was Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Vienna. During World War II, he spent three years in Auschwitz, Dachau, and other concentration camps. He was the founder of the Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy, logotherapy. His twenty-nine books have been translated into twenty-one languages.

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