A compact entry into suffering, freedom, responsibility, and the human need for meaning under pressure.
Thinker
Viktor Frankl
1905-1997
A psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor, and founder of logotherapy, Frankl made meaning, responsibility, and inner freedom central problems of psychology.
Major worksMan's Search for Meaning
The Doctor and the Soul / The Will to Meaning
TraditionExistential Psychology / LogotherapyA tradition at the border of psychology and philosophy that treats meaning, freedom, responsibility, and suffering as clinical and existential realities.
Related orbitThe Burden of FreedomWhat do we do with suffering, choice, and responsibility?
MeaningSufferingResponsibilityFreedomPurpose
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