Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor. Frankl was the founder of logotherapy, which is a form of existential analysis, the "Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy". His best-selling book Man's Search for Meaningchronicles his experiences as a concentration camp inmate, which led him to discover the importance of finding meaning in all forms of existence, even the most brutal ones, and thus, a reason to continue living. Frankl became one of the...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth26 March 1905
CountryAustria
Somewhere I heard a victorious "Yes" in answer to my question of the existence of ultimate purpose.
At any moment, man must decide, for better or for worse, what will be the monument of his existence.
Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.
The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.