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Everything about Viktor Frankl

Austrian neurologist (1905–1997)

Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, 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. Wikipedia →

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  1. Read the overview: Viktor FranklA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Existential meaning, spiritual unconscious and spirituality in Viktor FranklInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: ... Trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagenThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Moral Distress and its Interconnection with Moral Sensitivity and Moral Resilience: Viewed from the Philosophy of Viktor E. FranklCited 71 times
  5. Go sideways: LogotherapyA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Man's Search for MeaningA closely related topic

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