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Viktor E. Frankl

Born

in Vienna, Austria

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 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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Viktor E. Frankl’s books

Average rating: 4.36 · 638,675 ratings · 35,527 reviews · 154 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 — 617,852 ratings — published 1959 — 359 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 — 4,885 ratings — published 1946 — 43 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) 4.03 avg rating — 3,911 ratings — published 1974 — 72 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 4.24 avg rating — 3,370 ratings — published 1969 — 60 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
	...trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen: Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager by Viktor E. Frankl, Hans Weigl (Vorwort) 4.43 avg rating — 2,165 ratings — 16 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 4.46 avg rating — 1,750 ratings — published 2017 — 5 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 by Viktor E. Frankl, Richard Winston (Translator), Vladimír Jochmann (Translator), Clara Winston (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 1,535 ratings — published 1946 — 83 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 4.09 avg rating — 929 ratings — published 1978 — 32 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 4.11 avg rating — 625 ratings — published 1995 — 35 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
	Ante el vacío existencial by Viktor E. Frankl, Marciano Villanueva (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 409 ratings — published 1989 — 20 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

4047 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

January 2017 New School Classic Poll

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - 258 pgs, 1989

48 votes, 19.3%

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk - 218 pgs, 1996

38 votes, 15.3%

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34 votes, 13.7%

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27 votes, 10.8%

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17 votes, 6.8%

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16 votes, 6.4%

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15 votes, 6.0%

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, 367 pgs, 1984

12 votes, 4.8%

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10 votes, 4.0%

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8 votes, 3.2%

The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati, 198 pgs, 1940

8 votes, 3.2%

The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau, 320 pgs, 1964

6 votes, 2.4%

The Vagabond by Colette - 252 pgs, 1910

6 votes, 2.4%

Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout, 285 pgs, 1934

4 votes, 1.6%

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