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Man's Search For Meaning

Viktor Frankl developed logotherapy, the "third school" of Viennese psychotherapy. In his book "Man's Search for Meaning", Frankl recounts his experiences in Nazi concentration camps and introduces his theory that finding meaning is the primary motivation in life. The book is divided into two parts, with the first describing Frankl's time in Auschwitz and the second outlining his logotherapy approach which posits that finding meaning is more important than pleasure or power.

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Man's Search For Meaning

Viktor Frankl developed logotherapy, the "third school" of Viennese psychotherapy. In his book "Man's Search for Meaning", Frankl recounts his experiences in Nazi concentration camps and introduces his theory that finding meaning is the primary motivation in life. The book is divided into two parts, with the first describing Frankl's time in Auschwitz and the second outlining his logotherapy approach which posits that finding meaning is more important than pleasure or power.

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MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING

By : Victor E. Frankl
About the author
Viktor Frankl, in full Viktor Emil Frankl, (born March 26, 1905,
Vienna, Austria—died September 2, 1997, Vienna), Austrian
psychiatrist and psychotherapist who developed the
psychological approach known as logotherapy, widely
recognized as the “third school” of Viennese psychotherapy,
after the “first school” of Sigmund Freud and the “second
school” of Alfred Adler.

The motive of his theory was:


The basis of Frankl’s theory was that the primary motivation of
an individual is the search for meaning in life and that the
primary purpose of psychotherapy should be to help the
individual find that meaning.
Introduction of the book
 The basis of Frankl’s theory was that the primary motivation of an individual is the
search for meaning in life and that the primary purpose of psychotherapy should be to
help the individual find that meaning.

 The book intends to answer the question "How was everyday life in a concentration
camp reflected in the mind of the average prisoner?" Part One constitutes Frankl's
analysis of his experiences in the concentration camps, while Part Two introduces his
ideas of meaning and his theory called logotherapy.
THIS BOOK IS
DIVIVED INTO TWO
PARTS:-
“Everything can be taken from a
man but one thing: the last of the
human freedoms—to choose one’s
attitude in any given set of
circumstances, to choose one’s
own way.”
By:- Viktor E. Frankl

• Part I of the book recounts Frankl's personal experiences of the Holocaust.

• He knows that his time in Auschwitz stripped him of an essential part of his humanity, but
he also realizes that people still search for meaning even in the direst moments.
PART:- 2

• Part II of the book introduces Frankl's theory of


logotherapy.

• This practice presumes that the desire for meaning is


more fundamental to the human experience even than
the desire for pleasure or power.

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