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I really liked this book. Frankl was a psychiatrist who survived Auschwitz and used those experiences to build a theory of meaning — logotherapy. The first half is his memoir from the camps; the second is the theory itself.
If you find existentialism convincing, I found logotherapy is kind of meaningful (pun).
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After you're done reading, use these cards to internalize the ideas.
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What is the "will to meaning"?
Answer in your head, then tap to reveal.What is the "will to meaning"?
Frankl's claim that the deepest human drive is to find meaning, in contrast to Freud's will to pleasure and Adler's will to power.
If meaning is the core drive, then emptiness — not just a lack of pleasure or status — explains a lot of modern distress.