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Viktor E. Frankl

Born

in Vienna, Austria-Hungary

March 26, 1905

Died

September 02, 1997

Website

http://www.viktorfrankl.org

Genre

Memoir, Psychology, Philosophy

Influences

Dostoevsky, Freud, Schopenhauer ...more

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Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian neurologist, psychologist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor, who founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy that describes a search for a life's meaning as the central human motivational force. Logotherapy is part of existential and humanistic psychology theories.
Logotherapy was promoted as the third school of Viennese Psychotherapy, after those established by Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler.
Frankl published 39 books. The autobiographical Man's Search for Meaning, a best-selling book, is based on his experiences in various Nazi concentration camps. ...more

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Viktor E. Frankl’s books

Average rating: 4.36 · 895,606 ratings · 50,793 reviews · 182 distinct works • Similar authors

	Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Harold S. Kushner (Foreword), William J. Winslade (Afterword), Isle Lasch (Translator) 4.37 avg rating — 866,741 ratings — published 1946 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything 4.17 avg rating — 8,797 ratings — published 1946 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, Swanee Hunt (Preface) 4.04 avg rating — 5,257 ratings — published 1974 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy 4.23 avg rating — 3,943 ratings — published 1969 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man's Search for Meaning: A Young Adult Edition 4.40 avg rating — 3,198 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy, Revised and Expanded by Viktor E. Frankl, Richard Winton (Translator), Clara Winton (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 1,721 ratings — published 1946 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unheard Cry for Meaning 4.10 avg rating — 1,142 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recollections: An Autobiography 4.05 avg rating — 1,052 ratings — published 1995 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Feeling of Meaninglessness: A Challenge to Psychotherapy and Philosophy by Viktor E. Frankl, Alexander Batthyány (Editor) 3.91 avg rating — 712 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Embracing Hope: On Freedom, Responsibility & the Meaning of Life 3.86 avg rating — 472 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Viktor E. Frankl (?)

“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.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

tags: inspirational, motivational

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“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

tags: motivation

4465 likes

“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

tags: nietzsche

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Polls

February 2024 New School Classic Poll

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, 1945, 185 pages

41 votes, 25.2%

Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood, 1988, 462 pages

36 votes, 22.1%

My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather, 1926, 112 pages

26 votes, 16.0%

The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett, 1933, 201 pages

25 votes, 15.3%

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, 1959, 165 pages

15 votes, 9.2%

Memed, My Hawk by Yaşar Kemal, 1955, 372 pages

7 votes, 4.3%

Jealousy, by Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1957, 150 pages

7 votes, 4.3%

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat, 1998, 234 pages

6 votes, 3.7%

163 total votes

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