Viktor E. Frankl
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March 26, 1905
died
September 02, 1997
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Vienna, Austria
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Viktor Emil Frankl M.D., Ph.D. 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 book Man's Search for Meaning (first published under a different title in 1959: From Death-Camp to Existentialism. Originally published in 1946 as Ein Psycholog erlebt das Konzentrationslager) chronicles his experiences as a concentration camp inmate and describes his psychotherapeutic method of finding meaning in all forms of existence, even the most sordid ones, and thus a reason to continue living. He was one of the key figures in existential therapy.
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"The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance."
— Viktor E. Frankl
— Viktor E. Frankl
"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."
— Viktor E. Frankl (Man's Search for Meaning)
— Viktor E. Frankl (Man's Search for Meaning)
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