Logotherapy In Man's Search For Meaning

Viktor Frankl shared rich insights on life that I believe deserve to be heard, absorbed, and exercised. Many books written by Nazi camp survivors fall into the same story-telling theme, but Man’s Search for Meaning is written to go beyond the horror stories of the camps, and to dive into why the survivors were the ones made it out, and it wasn’t due to luck, as Frankl stated. The ones who made it out were the ones who learned how to cope with the suffering and found meaning in it. Frankl’s term, coined logotherapy, is the foundation of this memoir. My interpretation of the word is that the primary motivation in a human is to pursue the things that he finds meaningful. I truly found Man’s Search for Meaning insightful, and wish that I had the opportunity to read it earlier in my life.
Personally, the most compelling insight on the meaning of life that Viktor Frankl shared was that itself – the meaning of life. He clearly addresses the biggest unanswered question raised by humans. In this portion of the memoir he says, “We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of
He categorizes humans into one of two races – decent or indecent. One of the most powerful quotes I found in this book was, “Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.” This has such deep meaning to me because right now, America is being overwhelmed by racism. No single group should be looked at and frowned upon, rather we should be able to look at any given group and realize that it is comprised of decent and indecent people. No group should suffer as a whole because of one person’s acts. He goes on to say, “No group consists entirely of decent or indecent people. In this sense, no group if of pure race,” which accurately counters Hitler’s argument at the time that Aryans were the master