Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl · 1946

Viktor Frankl · 1946 · memoir and essay · short read · Steady

A psychiatrist's account of surviving the Nazi camps, and his argument that people can bear almost anything if it has a meaning for them.

Worth knowing: Some historians have questioned details of his account. The therapy he founded (logotherapy) has little trial evidence. The memoir part is the reason to read it.

Find a copy · the research behind it: Is a felt sense of meaning the same as a life that means something?

Part of: Where I fit

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