Man's Search For Meaning
The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust
By Viktor E Frankl
Harry Hartog's review
I read this book trying to fathom how such optimism and empathy could be demonstrated by someone who experienced the horrors of the Holocaust. Viktor not only found moments of joy in his suffering within his concentration camp during the Holocaust, but obtained a wisdom that reflects a massive understanding of good and evil. This book to my understanding, is about hope and it's incredible ability to manifest itself and hold strong even in the most horrific of situations. - Kyle, Harry Hartog Penrith
Description
Translated into at least 24 languages and with over 16 million copies sold worldwide, Man's Search for Meaning is one of the seminal pieces of literature to emerge from the Second World War.
A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that he and other inmates coped with the experience of being in Auschwitz. He noticed that it was the men who comforted others and who gave away their last piece of bread who survived the longest - and who offered proof that everything can be taken away from us except the ability to choose our attitude in any given set of circumstances.
The sort of person the prisoner became was the result of an inner decision and not of camp influences alone. Only those who allowed their inner hold on their moral and spiritual selves to subside eventually fell victim to the camp's degenerating influence - while those who made a victory of those experiences turned them into an inner triumph.
Frankl came to believe that man's deepest desire is to search for meaning and purpose. This outstanding work offers us all a way to transcend suffering and find significance in the art of living.
- ISBN:
- 9781846041242
- Pages:
- 160
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Ebury Publishing
- Imprint:
- Rider & Co
- Weight:
- 92 g