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丕賳爻丕賳 丿乇 噩爻鬲噩賵蹖 賲毓賳丕貙 讴鬲丕亘蹖 丕夭 賵蹖讴鬲賵乇 賮乇丕賳讴賱貙 乇賵丕賳倬夭卮讴 丕鬲乇蹖卮蹖 倬丿蹖丿丌賵乇賳丿賴鈥屰� 賲毓賳丕 丿乇賲丕賳蹖 丕爻鬲. 丕賵 丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 丕賳爻丕賳 丿乇 噩爻鬲噩賵蹖 賲毓賳丕貙 禺丕胤乇丕鬲卮 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 丕乇丿賵诏丕賴鈥屬囏й� 讴丕乇 丕噩亘丕乇蹖 丌卮賵蹖鬲爻 乇丕 賳賵卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲.

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Viktor E. Frankl

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Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian neurologist, psychologist, 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.
Logotherapy was promoted as the third school of Viennese Psychotherapy, after those established by Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler.
Frankl published 39 books. The autobiographical Man's Search for Meaning, a best-selling book, is based on his experiences in various Nazi concentration camps.

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September 27, 2020
I read this book for the first time during my senior year in high school. The year prior, I had gone to Germany for spring break with some fellow classmates. During the trip, we spent a day visiting a former WWII concentration camp in Dachau. As one might expect, this visit had a profound effect on me. I had of course read and knew about the atrocities that occurred under the Nazi regime, but to actually see a camp in person is a deeply haunting and disturbing experience. Perhaps for this reason, Frankl's book affected me even more deeply than it otherwise might have.

The book is divided into two parts. The first section recounts in vivid detail Frankl's horrifying experiences as a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp. Frankl, a former psychiatrist, also describes his observations of other prisoners and what he felt to be the main way in which people tried to cope with the insurmountable obstacles they faced. He found that those who could find meaning or purpose in their suffering were the ones who also seemed better able to find the strength to go on. As I recall, Frankl personally found his purpose in the hope of someday being able to see his wife again - a hope that was strong enough to get him through the daily horrors he faced.

The second half of this book is devoted to the therapy he developed based on the search for meaning, which he calls logotherapy. The basic premise is that those who can find meaning in their suffering are better able to cope with what would otherwise be a struggle too hard to bear. As one who majored in psychology, I found this section as fascinating as the first.

I have read this book at least three times now, and it is one of the few books I can say truly changed my life. I am ever grateful that I have the wisdom of this book to fall back upon when needed.

Several years ago, at a very young age (in my 20s), I became ill with a disease that left me bedridden and barely able to speak above a whisper. Now 36, I am still bedridden and fighting the same battle. It is Frankl's reminder to find meaning and purpose in suffering (which I found in the love of my fianc茅 and my hope of recovery) that has helped me to get through each difficult day. As Frankl tells us, "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."

I highly recommend this book!!
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September 21, 2012
After I read this book, which I finished many, many years ago, I had become self-critical of any future endeavours which would take up a lot of my time. I would ask myself "is this or will this be meaningful to me?", and if the answer was "no", I wouldn't do it. It was this book that influenced me to consciously live as meaningful a life as possible, to place a great value on the journey and not just the destination, while knowing that "meaningful" doesn't always mean "enjoyable". "Meaningful" should be equated with "fulfilling".

So I studied Physics instead of Engineering. I went to York U instead of U of T. I went to Europe instead of immediately entering the workforce after graduation.

I want to recommend this book to all of my grade 12 students.
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May 6, 2015
How is it possible to write dispassionately of life in a concentration camp in such a way as to engender great feeling in the reader? This is how Frankl dealt with his experience of those terrible years. The dispassionate writing makes the horrors of the camp extremely distressing, more so than writing that is more emotionally involved. It is almost reportage. The first half of the book is equal in its telling to in furthering our understanding of those dreadful times.

There are occasional glimmers of humanity from the Germans. These are so small that rather than illuminate any basic goodness, they cast further into the shadows the terror of living in a place and time where death might be a beating or a shot to the head at any moment. There are also stories of the depths that some of the Jewish victims would sink to in what they would do to stay alive themselves. It made me think that rather than condemn these people for becoming tools of the Nazis, what would I do faced with death or the chance to stay alive a little longer and maybe save family or friends.

7 stars, golden stars for this half of the book.

The second half is about Frankl's psychotherapeutic methods and lost me in boredom. I did read this in its entirety but it wouldn't have spoiled the book, or my appreciation of the genius retelling and brilliant writing of the first half, if I hadn't.
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March 11, 2012
For most of the book, I felt as dumbfounded as I would have been if I were browsing through a psychiatric journal. Filled with references and technical terms and statistics, it was mostly a book-long affirmation of the then innovative technique called 'logo-therapy'. I do not understand how this book is still relevant and found in most popular book stores. It might have been that the book was popular in the sixties and seventies as it offered a powerful and logical argument against the reductionist approach that leads inevitably to existential nihilism, but is that still relevant today? It also attempts to free psychiatry from the belief that 'eros' was the cause of all neurosis and turns the flashlight on repressed 'logos' - which forms the premise of the book and the title.

But, while the basic premises are powerful and moving, the breadth and scale of repetition of the same ideas and the technical jargon and the constant Freud-bashing ensured that I did not enjoy the book as much as I had hoped. Furthermore, the whole chapter dedicated to the theory that ultimately our basic necessity of 'search for logos' can also be explained as a 'repressed religious drive' and his exhortation to religious people to not look down on irreligious ones (read atheists and agnostics) just because they have achieved a stage that the atheists/agnostics are still aspiring (unconsciously of course) towards rang patently false and too much in line with his argument of psychiatry being a sister to theology.

I wish Frankl had stuck to his original title of 'The Unconscious God' - it would have been more representative of the book as his 'logos' argument directly derives from his postulation of a transcendent unconscious super-ego that trumps Freud's 'Super Ego' and a spiritual cum instinctual subconscious that trumps Freud's 'id'.

Unless you are looking for a historical perspective on the technical aspects of psychiatry and about the origins of 'logo-therapy', I would not recommend this book, especially for general reading. If you pick up this book, like I did, in the hope that it is about Frankl's personal quest for meaning amidst the horrors of Auschwitz with a strong scientific perspective, you will be disappointed to find that you have picked up a medical journal that is pedantic and repetitive, with hardly any reference to Frankl's personal journey or about how he evolved his theory and practices (that did transform many lives) based on his experiences.
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March 19, 2023
There鈥檚 a joy at once fierce and quiet in feeling profoundly rearranged by your encounter with a book. In understanding, with certainty, in the deep core of your heart, that the you who first entered this book exists at a distance of several hundred pages: you鈥檙e not the same person, you鈥檝e changed鈥�been changed鈥攊n ways you cannot explain but which you will always carry with you. I might have finished this book but I feel like it鈥檚 only just begun me.

Man鈥檚 Search for Meaning weaves together compelling personal narrative and profound scientific inquiry into a short volume that is luminous, insightful, and deeply empowering. Frankl provides us with an extraordinary investigation into his doctrine of Logotherapy, a branch of therapy that believes that 鈥渢he primary motivational force鈥� of a human being is the striving to find a meaning in his life.

From the outset, Frankl makes it clear that he does not bring to this inquiry solely the tools of a scientist, but even more importantly, the weight of first-hand lived experience. The first part of this book recounts, intimately and horribly, Frankl鈥檚 experiences as a Jewish detainee in several Nazi concentration camps, illuminating in the process the key concepts of Frankl鈥檚 theory of Logotherapy.

It is impossible to hide one鈥檚 wince reading this section. Frankl鈥檚 account is unsparing, giving an unflinching testimonial of humanity鈥檚 violence against itself, of 鈥渢he hard fight for existence which raged among the prisoners,鈥� of what it means to survive through unimaginable horror in places where one鈥檚 definition of suffering is deranged, every second, into entirely new meanings. (In a particularly haunting instance, Frankl remembers how he abruptly stopped himself from shaking a fellow inmate out of a fearful nightmare he was having because 鈥渘o dream, no matter how horrible, could be as bad as the reality of the camp which surrounded us, and to which I was about to recall him.鈥�) To cushion himself against the shock and constant oppression of terror, Frankl remembers his wife鈥檚 face and the stolen manuscript containing his life鈥檚 work and feels empowered to survive long enough to fulfill his twin needs of seeing his wife and re-writing his manuscript. Frankl鈥檚 beloved and unwritten manuscript become, in other words, the marginal references for the survival of his self.

Frankl survives to speak the full agenda and unequivocal goal of his therapeutic doctrine鈥� Logotherapy鈥攚hich is explained and explored in the second part of this book. Frankl鈥檚 theory of Logotherapy, when reduced to its simplest form, is clear, precise, and easy to both grasp and appreciate: that 鈥渓ife holds meaning under any condition,鈥� therefore the purpose of Logotherapy is for one to be 鈥渃onfronted with, reoriented towards the meaning of his life.鈥� From this deceptive simplicity, however, arises a practice of meaning-making that is complex, challenging, unresolved, and ongoing.

Throughout the book, Frankl insists upon the plural, specific, and shifting nature of the meaning of one鈥檚 life鈥攁s opposed to a unified, abstract, and generalized understanding of meaning-making. In other words, it is not so much a man鈥檚 search for a meaning, but for a multitude of meanings: a constantly changing constellation of potentialities, as opposed to a fixed quantity of traits. In this book, Frankl invites us to work out the vocabularies of our unwieldy selves, to make our own meaning(s) and walk through them. For him, this exercise is fraught with tension鈥攖he tension 鈥渂etween what one has already achieved and what one should become鈥濃€攂ecause tension is not only inevitable in the process of meaning-making鈥攊t is also 鈥渘ormal and healthy.鈥� Frankl refuses to see this contradiction as conflicting: in his rendering, it is precisely this tension that prevents us from being embedded in misery and a freezing boredom. It is an amulet that protects us against the void that threatens to devour our selves, what Frankl calls the 鈥渆xistential vacuum.鈥�

Frankl identifies this void as a primary aspect of the atrophy of the imagination that precludes us from finding meaning in life and stresses how important it is to resist this void and to struggle openly and fiercely against it. To this end, Frankl delineates three broad avenues through which one might find meaning(s) 鈥渁t any given moment鈥�. The first is through personal achievement or a good deed. The second is through the embrace of beauty, culture, and nature and/or personal encounters with one another, in which we grapple for each other鈥檚 depths and love each other. The last one is through personal suffering.

Let me immediately admit that I was very resistant, for several pages, to this last point: to the idea that suffering enobles us, that our life and the meaning of it is enlivened by it somehow. But Frankl, as it turns out, has anticipated this objection and hastens to explain that he isn鈥檛 making a case for suffering as something indispensable for or dissociable from the practice of meaning-making鈥攖hat suffering is, to put it differently, a requisite for leading a meaningful life鈥攂ut that meaning can come, not from suffering, but despite the abundance of it. It is difficult not to feel persuaded, and even liberated by this: the idea that not only can we survive through our suffering, but that we can live thoroughly within it. That even in the worst types of circumstances, through a rigorous and indefatigable striving for meaning, one can be transformed.

Here, Frankl brings us directly and inevitably against the question of how. How does one give meaning to one鈥檚 suffering when one鈥檚 subject, in their everyday life, to larger systemic forces that feel impossible to overcome? Frankl鈥檚 theory of Logotherapy does not deny that there are circumstances beyond our control, but it insists that there is one thing that we are able to control, which is 鈥渢he way(s) in which we respond to (them).鈥� What is available in the search for meaning, in other words, is the deepest kind of freedom. 鈥淚t is not freedom from conditions,鈥� to borrow Frankl鈥檚 words, 鈥渂ut it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.鈥� The freedom one is born with, which is as inextricable from one鈥檚 self as a strand of DNA. The freedom to imagine an elsewhere and an otherwise, or as Frankl puts it, to imagine a present that is both past and future: 鈥淟ive as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!鈥� The principle of responsibleness is therefore integral to Frankl鈥檚 vision of freedom: the pursuit of meaning has the immense power to heal the fissures that suffering makes on the imagination鈥攂ut only if we can first extend our imagination to articulate what we are responsible for.

In its most radical moments, Man鈥� Search for Meaning speaks deeply to the human desire to mediate rupture and powerlessness and create ourselves through annihilation. It鈥檚 a testament to how humans have always evolved creative responses to rupture, crisis, and fissure, and how we manage to endure at the center of even the most unendurable atrocities. This is not a book one comes to for answers鈥擫ogotherapy is, in Frankl鈥檚 own words, 鈥渘either preaching nor teaching鈥濃€攂ut rather, a book that one can approach as a way of being and thinking, as a way of conceiving of one鈥檚 self and the world, as something to hold consciously at the center of one鈥檚 practice. Ultimately, what Man鈥檚 Search for Meaning does best is posit a set of questions that become a ferocious call to action: to always strive for meaning鈥攁nd to hunt for it when it鈥檚 necessary鈥攅ven in a world that seems to perpetually corrode our freedom.
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賵禺鬲丕賲賸丕貙 賵賰賲丕 氐丕睾賴丕 賮乇丕賳賰賱貨 "賲賳匕 兀賵卮賮賷鬲夭 賳毓乇賮 賲丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 兀賳 賷賮毓賱賴貙 賵賲賳匕 賴賷乇賵卮賷賲丕 賳毓乇賮 賲丕 賴賵 毓賱賶 丕賱賲賻丨賰". 賱丿賷賳丕 賳爻禺鬲賳丕 丕賱禺丕氐丞 賲賳 兀賵卮賮賷鬲夭 賵丕爻賲賴丕 丕賱賳賰亘丞 (賷鬲丨丿孬 賮乇丕賳賰賱 兀賷囟丕 毓賳 鬲丨賵賱 丕賱囟丨賷丞 廿賱賶 噩賱丕丿)貙 賵賱丿賷賳丕 賳爻禺丞 賲氐睾乇丞 賲賳 賴賷乇賵卮賷賲丕 賮賷 丕賳賮噩丕乇 亘賷乇賵鬲貙 賵賰賲 賴賵 賵毓乇賹 賵胤賵賷賱.. 賴匕丕 丕賱胤乇賷賯 丕賱匕賷 毓賱賷賳丕 兀賳 賳兀禺匕賴 賲賳 兀噩賱 丕賱賲毓賳賶.

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The original part one was the strongest I think because the rest started to go into the typical psychobabble inherent to books trying to contribute to the academic side of psychology or psychiatry but the first part really grounded the idea of giving meaning to one existence into personal experience and I found it very poignant about the mental state of people in very stressful and hopeless situations. It's a very empowering and important idea that no matter the situation a person can control their behavior and influence their own feelings of the situation. This idea of a person having so much control over their own selves and survival is one I whole heartedly agree with. Anyone having trouble figuring out life or what the point is could benefit from reading this I think.


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May 11, 2016
I have to separate the emotional impact of the first half of the book from my overall impression on how effective the book was as a whole. It's really difficult not to find stories of the holocaust incredibly gripping, and the way in which Frankl speaks of his experience is inspiring and yet still maintains that gravity you'd expect from such a narrative.
However, the latter half of the book delves much more into a psychological, and less personal, examination of 'logotherapy' (that is, the author's personal psychological theory). Once it became more of a text book with small sections reflecting on specific terms and theories, it was difficult to stay engaged. I also felt it lacked the cohesiveness that the first part of the book had with a more linear narrative structure.
Nonetheless, the nuggets of wisdom I gleaned from this book were worth the reading. And I can only commend Frankl on his 'tragic optimism' in such a horrific environment as a Nazi concentration camp.
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1,360 reviews3,526 followers
June 26, 2022

If someone asks me to recommend the best three books related to the Second World War and the horrors of the holocaust, this book will be one among them. Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian Neurologist and Psychiatrist. He was also a Holocaust survivor. This book describes his experiences in concentration camps in the first section and the logotherapy he developed for finding meaning in all forms of existence during the suffering in the second section.

My favorite three lines from this book.
鈥淭hose who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.鈥�


"But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer."


鈥淚 do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.鈥�


The way the author recalls all the events is simply brilliant. The hardships he faced in the concentration camp will indubitably shock you. I always wondered how he was able to survive three years in four concentration camps when I can't even think about living there for a single day.

This is one of the most challenging books I read in my life so far. But I reread this book once in a while to remind me of the importance of hope and how it can help a human being to overcome one of the most harrowing experiences that humankind has ever witnessed on this planet. This is one of those books that everyone in this world should read at least once in their lifetime.
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475 reviews1,364 followers
September 4, 2021
亘爻賲 丕賱賱賴 丕賱乇賻賾丨賿賲賻賳賽 丕賱乇賻賾丨賽賷賲賽


- 丕毓鬲乇丕賮丕鬲 賱丕 亘丿賾 賲賳賴丕 :

1- 丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 胤賵賷賱丞 賳賵毓丕 賲丕 .. 賵 賱丕 兀丿乇賷 賱賲丕匕丕 氐乇丕丨丞 責 賵 賲丕 賲毓賳賶 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 胤賵賷賱丞 責
2- 賲爻鬲賵丕賷 賮賷 毓賱賲 丕賱賳賮爻 囟毓賷賮 噩丿丕貙 賱匕賱賰 鬲賴鬲 亘賷賳 丕賱賲氐胤賱丨丕鬲 賵丕賱賲賮丕賴賷賲 丕賱賳賮爻賷丞 賵丨丕賵賱鬲 賯丿乇 丕賱廿賲賰丕賳 丕爻鬲賷毓丕亘賴丕 賵賮賴賲賴丕 .
3- 丕賱卮賰乇 賲賵氐賵賱 賱賱兀禺鬲 賴賳丕亍 (鬲丨丿賷孬: 乇丨賲賴丕 丕賱賱賴 賵睾賮乇 賱賴丕貙 賵乇夭賯賴丕 丕賱賮乇丿賵爻 丕賱兀毓賱賶) 賮賲乇丕噩毓鬲賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷 丕禺鬲賷丕乇 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 .
4- 賱丕 兀丿乇賷 !!

毓賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 :

1- 賵賱丿 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 賮賰鬲賵乇 賮乇丕賳賰賱 賮賷 26-03-1905 賮賷 賮賷賷賳丕貙 賵 鬲賵賮賷 賮賷 02-09-1997 .
2- 胤亘賷亘 兀毓氐丕亘 賵 胤亘賷亘 賳賮爻賷 .
3- 賲賳 丕賱匕賷賳 毓丕賷卮賵丕 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 丕賱賲毓鬲賯賱丕鬲 丕賱賳丕夭賷丞 賵 毓丕卮賵丕 賮賷賴丕 . 賵 兀丨丿 丕賱賳丕噩亘賷賳 賲賳 丕賱賲丨乇賯丞 丕賱賳丕夭賷丞 .
4- 賲丐爻爻 賵 乇丕卅丿 丕賱毓賱丕噩 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶貙 兀賵 賲丕 爻賲賷 亘丕賱賲丿乇爻丞 丕賱賮賷賷賳賷丞 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 ( 亘毓丿 賲丿乇爻丞 賮乇賵賷丿 賵 賲丿乇爻丞 丌丿賱乇 ) 賮賷 丕賱鬲丨賱賷賱 丕賱賳賮爻賷 .






毓賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 :

丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘毓賳賵丕賳 " 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賷亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱賲毓賳賶 " 賲賯丿賲丞 賮賷 丕賱毓賱丕噩 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶 賵 丕賱鬲爻丕賲賷 亘丕賱賳賮爻 賵賯爻賾賲賴 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 廿賱賶 孬賱丕孬 兀噩夭丕亍 :
1- 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱兀賵賱 : 禺亘乇丕鬲 賮賷 賲毓爻賰乇 丕賱廿毓鬲賯丕賱
2- 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱孬丕賳賷 : 丕賱賲亘丕丿卅 丕賱兀爻丕爻賷丞 賱賱毓賱丕噩 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶
3- 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱孬丕賱孬 : 丕賱鬲爻丕賲賷 亘丕賱匕丕鬲





毓賳賷 兀賳丕 :

1- 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱兀賵賱 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賰丕賳 賱匕賷匕丕 噩丿丕貙 賲丐賱賲丕 噩丿丕 賵 兀丿亘賷 賳賮爻賷 噩丿丕 .. 賱匕賱賰 賰丕賳鬲 賯乇丕亍鬲賴 爻賴賱丞 賵 賲賮賴賵賲丞 .
2- 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 噩丕亍 賲賴囟賵賲丕 賳賵毓丕 賲丕 乇睾賲 兀賳賾 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丨丕賵賱 丕賱鬲亘爻賷胤 賲毓 匕賰乇 丕賱兀賲孬賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲卮乇丨 賳馗乇賷鬲賴 .
3- 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱孬丕賱孬 噩丕亍 賲毓賯丿丕 ( 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 ) 賵 賱賰賳 賴匕丕 賱賲 賷賲賳毓賳賷 賲賳 丕賱廿爻鬲賲鬲丕毓 亘賴 .


毓賳 丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 :

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丕賯鬲亘丕爻 1 : 賲賳 賲爻乇丨賷丞 賰丕賱賷睾賵賱丕

" .. 賰賱丕貙 賲丕 賴匕賴 爻賵賶 賲賳 賲賴丕賲賴 丕賱毓丕亘乇丞. 兀賲賾丕 毓馗賲鬲賴 賮鬲禺丿賲 噩夭毓丕 兀賰亘乇 賵 賴賱丕賰丕 兀卮丿.廿賳賾賴 賷賴丿丿賳丕 賮賷 兀毓夭 賲丕 賳賲賱賰. 兀噩賱貙 賱賲 賷賰賳 賱丿賷賳丕 賴賵 丕賱兀賵賱貙 賲賳 鬲丨賱賶 亘爻賱胤丞 賲胤賱賯丞貙 廿賱丕賾 兀賳賾賴 兀賵賱 賲賳 丕爻鬲禺丿賲賴丕 亘賱丕 丨丿賵丿貙 廿賱賶 丿乇噩丞 丕賱廿賳賰丕乇 丕賱鬲賾丕賲 賱賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵 丕賱毓丕賱賲. 賵 賴匕丕 丕賱匕賷 賷乇毓亘賳賷 賮賷賴貙 賵 賴匕丕 賲丕 爻兀賳丕囟賱 囟丿賾賴. 丕賱賲賵鬲 賱賷爻 賲禺賷賮丕. 賵 乇噩賵賱鬲賷 鬲賰賮賷 賱匕賱賰貙 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賯鬲乇亘 丕賱囟乇賵乇丞貙 賱賰賳賾賰 賱丕 鬲丨鬲賲賱 兀賳 鬲卮丕賴丿 賰賷賮 鬲賮賯丿 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賲毓賳丕賴丕 賵 賷賮賯丿 丕賱賵噩賵丿 兀爻丕爻賴. 賱丕 賷噩賵夭 丕賱毓賷卮 丿賵賳 賴丿賮 丨賷丕鬲賷 . "


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賰賷賮 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱賷賵賲賷丞 賮賷 賲毓爻賰乇 丕賱廿毓鬲賯丕賱 鬲賳毓賰爻 賮賷 毓賯賱 丕賱爻噩賷賳 責


- 亘毓丿 賯乇丕亍鬲賷 賱 " 賷賵賲 賮賷 丨賷丕丞 廿賷賮丕賳 丿賳賷爻賵賮賷鬲卮 " 鬲賰賵賾賳鬲 賱丿賷 賮賰乇丞 賱丕 亘兀爻 亘賴丕 毓賳 噩丨賷賲 丕賱賲毓鬲賯賱丕鬲 賵 禺丕氐丞 兀賳賾 丕賱兀賲乇 賵丕丨丿 賮丕賱賳丕夭賷丞 賵 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷丞 丕亘鬲賰乇賵丕 兀卮丿賾 丕賱胤乇賯 賱鬲毓匕賷亘 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵 鬲丨賵賷賱賴 廿賱賶 丨賷賵丕賳貙 丨賷孬 鬲鬲丨賵賱 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲爻噩賵賳 廿賱賶 氐乇丕毓 賵 賳囟丕賱 賯丕爻賷 賲賳 兀噩賱 匕丕鬲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵 賲賳 兀噩賱 丕賱禺亘夭 .






賰賷賮 鬲氐亘丨 乇賯賲丕 責


- 丕賱乇賯賲 賴賵 丕賱賲賴賲 .. 丕賱乇賯賲 賴賵 乇賯賲 .. 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賷鬲丨賵賾賱 廿賱賶 乇賯賲貙 賵 毓賳丿 丕賱鬲賾丨賵賱 毓賱賷賰 兀賳 鬲賳爻賶 賰賱 卮賷亍貙 兀賳 鬲鬲乇賰 賰賱 卮賷亍貙 兀賳 鬲氐亘丨 賱丕 卮賷亍貙 賵 兀賳 鬲氐丕乇毓 賲賳 兀噩賱 卮賷亍 賵丕丨丿 賵 賴賵 丕賱亘賯丕亍 丨賷丕 . 毓賳丿賲丕 賷鬲賲 胤亘毓 丕賱乇賯賲 毓賱賷賰 賮毓賱賷賰 兀賳 鬲毓乇賮 兀賳賰 爻鬲毓丕賲賱 毓賱賶 兀爻丕爻 賴匕丕 丕賱乇賯賲 .. 兀賷 丕賱賲毓丕賲賱丞 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 爻鬲夭賵賱 賲賳 丕賱丌賳 賮氐丕毓丿丕 .


賲丕 賴賷 兀胤賵丕乇 乇丿賵丿 丕賱賮毓賱 丕賱賳賮爻賷丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賱爻噩賷賳 責


- 賷賲賰賳 鬲賱禺賷氐賴丕 賮賷 孬賱丕孬丞 兀胤賵丕乇 賵 賴賷 : 乇丿賵丿 丕賱賮鬲乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓賯亘 廿丿禺丕賱賴 丕賱賲毓爻賰乇 賲亘丕卮乇丞貙 賵 乇丿賵丿 賮賷 丕賱賮鬲乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷賰賵賳 賮賷賴丕 賯丿 丕賳丿賲噩 鬲賲丕賲丕 孬賲 乇丿賵丿 兀賮毓丕賱 丕賱爻噩賷賳 亘毓丿 丕賱廿賮乇丕噩 毓賳賴 .


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丕賯鬲亘丕爻 02 : 亘丿乇 卮丕賰乇 丕賱爻賷丕亘

" 廿匕丕 賮賯丿 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賲毓賳賶 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 ........ 賮賰賷賮 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷賰賵賳責責"


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賲丕 賴賵 兀亘乇夭 乇丿 賮毓賱 賷馗賴乇 毓賱賶 丕賱爻噩賷賳 賮賷 丕賱賮鬲乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓賯亘 廿丿禺丕賱賴 責


- 丕賱氐丿賲丞 . 丕賱廿賳鬲賯丕賱 賲賳 丨丕賱 廿賱賶 丨丕賱貙 賴賱 鬲毓乇賮 丨乇賰丞 丕賱兀氐亘毓 責



賱丕 !! 賴賱 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲卮乇丨賴丕 賱賷 賲賳 賮囟賱賰 責


- 毓賳丿 丿禺賵賱 丕賱賲毓鬲賯賱 .. 鬲賯賮 賮賷 胤丕亘賵乇 兀賲丕賲 兀丨丿 丕賱囟亘丕胤貙 賵 賴賵 廿賳爻丕賳 胤亘毓丕 孬賲 賳鬲賯丿賲 廿賱賷賴 賵丕丨丿丕 亘毓丿 丕賱丌禺乇貙 賵 賴賵 賱丕 賷賮毓賱 卮賷卅丕 锟斤拷賵賶 丕賱廿卮丕乇丞 亘廿氐亘毓賴 廿賱賶 丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱賲鬲賯丿賾賲 廿賱賷賴貙 賷賲賷賳 兀賵 卮賲丕賱貙 卮賲丕賱 兀賵 賷賲賷賳 .. 賮賯胤 丨乇賰丞 兀氐亘毓 囟噩乇丞 .. 賷賲賷賳 兀賵 卮賲丕賱 .


賲丕 賲睾夭賶 賴匕賴 丕賱丨乇賰丞 責


- 丕賱丨賲丕賲 .. 丕賱賵噩賵丿 兀賵 毓丿賲 丕賱賵噩賵丿 .


賰賷賮 責責


- 毓賲賱賷丞 丕賳鬲賯丕亍 .. 丕賱賲乇爻賱賵賳 廿賱賶 丕賱賷爻丕乇 賴賲 兀卮禺丕氐 乇兀賶 丕賱囟丕亘胤 兀賳賾賴賲 賱丕 賷氐賱丨賵賳 賱賱毓賲賱貙 賱匕賱賰 賷乇爻賱賴賲 廿賱賶 丕賱丨賲丕賲 賱賷鬲賲 鬲丨賵賷賱賴 廿賱賶 丿禺丕賳貙 賵 丕賱丿禺丕賳 賳鬲賷噩丞 賱賱丨乇賯 胤亘毓丕貙 賵 丕賱丨賲丕賲 賲丕 賴賵 廿賱丕 丕爻賲 兀胤賱賯 賰賳丕賷丞 賵 賳賰丕賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賲丨乇賯丕鬲 .


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丕賯鬲亘丕爻 03 : 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘鬲氐乇賮 .
" - 兀賷賳 兀乇爻賱 氐丿賷賯賷 責責
- 賴賱 兀乇爻賱 廿賱賶 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱兀賷爻乇 責責
- 賳毓賲 .
- 廿匕賳 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 鬲乇丕賴 賴賳丕賰
- 賴賳丕賰...兀賷賳 責
- ( 賲卮賷乇丕 廿賱賶 賲丿禺賳丞 毓賱賶 亘毓丿 賲爻丕賮丞 賯乇賷亘丞 ) 匕賱賰 賴賵 賲賰丕賳 氐丿賷賯賰貙 賮賴賵 賷爻亘丨 氐丕毓丿丕 廿賱賶 丕賱爻賲丕亍 "


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賵 亘毓丿 丕賱氐丿賲丞 責責


- 亘毓丿 丕賱氐丿賲丞 鬲馗賴乇 毓賱賶 丕賱爻噩賷賳 兀孬丕乇 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲丞貙 胤亘毓丕 兀孬丕乇 賳賮爻賷丞 賲賳賴丕 丨亘 丕賱廿爻鬲胤賱丕毓 賵 丕賱丿賴卮丞貙 馗賴賵乇 賳賲胤 睾乇賷亘 賲賳 丕賱賲乇丨
賷鬲噩賱賶 賮賷 廿丨爻丕爻 賲乇賵毓 亘丕賱賮賰丕賴丞 賵 丕賱賲乇丨 賵 丕賱爻禺乇賷丞 丕賱毓亘孬賷丞


賴賱 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲毓胤賷賳丕 賲孬丕賱丕 毓賳 丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘丕賱丿賴卮丞 責


- 賲孬賱丕 丕賱爻丐丕賱 丕賱匕賾賷 胤乇丨賴 賲毓馗賲 丕賱爻噩賳丕亍 亘賳亘乇丞 鬲賳賲 毓賳 丿賴卮丞 睾乇賷亘丞 " 賱賲丕匕丕 賱賲 賳氐亘 亘丕賱亘乇丿 賮賷 賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱馗乇賵賮 責 !! " 賵 丕賱馗乇賵賮 賴賳丕 賴賷 丕賱亘賯丕亍 毓丕乇賷賷 丕賱兀噩爻丕丿 賵 爻胤 丕賱亘乇丿 丕賱卮丿賷丿 孬賲 丕賱廿爻鬲丨賲丕賲 亘丕賱賲丕亍 丕賱亘丕乇丿 賵 丕賱賳賾賵賲 毓賱賶 丕賱兀賱賵丕丨 丕賱禺卮亘賷丞 .


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丕賯鬲亘丕爻 04 :賲賳 兀賯賵丕賱 賱賳爻噩

" 鬲賵噩丿 兀卮賷丕亍 鬲丐丿賷 亘賰 廿賱賶 兀賳 鬲賮賯丿 毓賯賱賰貙 賵 廿賱丕 賮廿賳賾賴 賱丕 賷賵噩丿 賱丿賷賰 賲丕 鬲賮賯丿賴 "


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賰賷賮 賷賳鬲賯賱 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賲賳 丕賱胤賵乇 丕賱兀賵賱 賱乇丿賵丿 丕賱賮毓賱 丕賱毓賯賱賷丞 廿賱賶 丕賱胤賵乇 丕賱孬丕賳賷 責


- 丕賱胤賵乇 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賴賵 丕賱亘賱丕丿丞 丕賱鬲賾賷 鬲氐賱 亘賴 廿賱賶 賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱賲賵鬲 丕賱廿賳賮毓丕賱賷 賵 爻亘亘 匕賱賰 兀賳 丕賱爻噩賷賳 賷毓賷卮 兀賱賵丕賳丕 賲賳 丕丕賱廿賳賮毓丕賱丕鬲 丕賱賲丐賱賲丞貙 丕賱卮賵賯 丕賱毓丕乇賲貙 丕賱廿卮賲卅夭丕夭 賵 丕賱鬲賯夭夭 賲賳 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲毓鬲賯賱 賵 丕賱賲丨賷胤 丨賵賱賴貙 丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘丕賱賵賴賳 賵 賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱賰丌亘丞 賵 賴匕賴 丕賱毓賵丕賲賱 鬲噩鬲賲毓 賵 鬲賵賱丿 丕賱亘賱丕丿丞 .


賲丕匕丕 鬲賯氐丿 亘丕賱亘賱丕丿丞 責


- 廿賳 丕賱賲賳丕馗乇 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 鬲孬賷乇 丕賱爻噩賷賳 賵 鬲丨乇賰 毓賵丕胤賮賴 賵 賲卮丕毓乇賴 賵 鬲噩乇 兀丨丕爻賷爻賴 兀氐亘丨鬲 賱丕 鬲孬賷乇 賮賷賴 卮賷卅丕貙 賲孬賱丕 賲賳馗乇 丕賱爻噩賳丕亍 丕賱噩丿丿貙 賲賳馗乇 丕賱賲丨乇賯丞貙 賲賳馗乇 胤賮賱 賷毓匕亘貙 賲賳馗乇 丕賱噩孬孬貙 賲賳馗乇 丕賱賲乇囟賶貙 賲賳馗乇 丕賱丌禺乇 丕賱乇孬 丕賱亘丕賱賷貙 賲賳馗乇 丕賱賲毓鬲賯賱貙 賲賳馗乇 丕賱賲賵鬲貙 賲賳馗乇 丕賱丨賷丕丞貙 賲賳馗乇 丕賱亘鬲乇貙 賲賳馗乇 丕賱丿賲丕亍貙 賲賳馗乇 丕賱賳丕夭賷 丕賱賲鬲睾胤乇爻貙 賰賱 卮賷亍 兀氐亘丨 爻賵丕亍 毓賳丿賴 .丕賱亘賱丕丿丞 賰賲賷賰丕賳賷夭賲 丿賮丕毓賷 毓賳 丕賱匕丕鬲.


賱丿賷 爻丐丕賱 睾乇賷亘 賳賵毓丕 賲丕 .. 賴賱 賷丨賱賲 丕賱爻噩賳丕亍 責 賵 賲丕賴賷 兀丨賱丕賲賴賲 責


- 賳毓賲 賷丨賱賲賵賳貙 賵 賲賵丕囟賷毓 兀丨賱丕賲賴賲 賴賷 丕賱賰毓賰貙 丕賱爻噩丕卅乇貙 丕賱丨賲丕賲丕鬲 丕賱爻丕禺賳丞貙 丨匕丕亍 噩丿賷丿貙 爻賱賰 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 賷乇亘胤 亘賴 丨匕丕亍賴貙 丨爻丕亍 賷賰賵賳 賮賷賴 亘囟毓丞 丨亘丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱亘丕夭賱丕亍貙 賵 睾賷乇賴丕 賲賳 丕賱兀丨賱丕賲 丕賱賳丕鬲噩丞 毓賳 丕賱乇睾亘丞 賮賷 廿卮亘丕毓 丕賱乇睾亘丕鬲 丕賱亘爻賷胤丞貙 賵 丕賱兀賲乇 丕賱兀賰孬乇 廿孬丕乇丞 廿賱賶 兀賳 丕賱爻噩賳丕亍 兀丨亘賵丕 丕賱賰賵丕亘賷爻 丕賱鬲賷 鬲兀鬲賷賴賲 賱賷賱丕 兀孬賳丕亍 賳賵賲賴賲 .. 賱兀賳賴丕 亘亘爻丕胤丞 兀丨爻賳 賲賳 賵丕賯毓 丕賱爻噩賳 丕賱賲乇賷乇 .


丕賱丨亘 賵 丕賱爻噩賷賳 責責


- 禺賱丕氐 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賴賵 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱丨亘 賵 賮賷 丕賱丨亘貙 廿賳 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱匕賷 賱賲 賷鬲亘賯 賱賴 卮賷亍 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丿賳賷丕貙 賱丕 賷夭丕賱 賷毓乇賮 丕賱爻毓丕丿丞貙 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賮賷 丕賱賲丨亘賵亘 賵 丕賱鬲兀賲賱 賮賷賴. 丕賱丨亘 賷匕賴亘 廿賱賶 賲丕 賴賵 兀亘毓丿 賲賳 睾丕賷鬲賴 賲賳 丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱亘丿賳賷 賱賱賲丨亘賵亘貙 賴匕丕 丕賱丨亘 賷噩丿 賲毓賳丕賴 丕賱兀毓賲賯 賮賷 丕賱賵噩賵丿 丕賱乇賵丨賷 賱賴匕丕 丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱賲丨亘賵亘貙 兀賷 賮賷 匕丕鬲賴 丕賱丿丕禺賱賷丞. 丕賱丨亘 賴賵 賴乇賵亘 賲丐賯鬲 賲賳 賱丨馗丕鬲 丕賱噩丨賷賲 .
賰賲 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱丿賳賷丕 噩賲賷賱丞 .


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丕賯鬲亘丕爻 05 : 丿賵爻鬲賵賷賮爻賰賷

" 賷賵噩丿 卮賷亍 賵丕丨丿 賮賯胤 賷乇賵毓賳賷 : 兀賱丕 兀賰賵賳 噩丿賷乇丕 亘丌賱丕賲賷 "


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賲丕匕丕 毓賳 丕賱胤賵乇 丕賱兀禺賷乇 .. 廿賳爻丕賳 賲丕 亘毓丿 丕賱爻噩賳 責


- 賮賯丿丕賳 丕賱賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱廿丨爻丕爻 亘丕賱爻乇賵乇貙 丕賱賳丕鬲噩丞 毓賳 丕賱丿賴卮丞 .. 賱丕 兀賵丕賲乇 ! 賱丕 乇賰賱 ! 賱丕 氐賮毓丕鬲 ! 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賰賲氐胤賱丨 賮賯丿 丕賱賲毓賳賶 噩乇丕亍 丕噩鬲乇丕乇賴 賱爻賳賵丕鬲 胤賵丕賱貙 丕賱丨賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賱賲 賳爻鬲胤毓 丕丿乇丕賰 賲毓賳丕賴 賱丨馗丞 丕賱禺乇賵噩 . 毓賳丿賲丕 賷鬲丨賵賱 丕賱丨賱賲 廿賱賶 丨賯賷賯丞 .


賲丕 賴賷 兀亘乇夭 丕賱賲賱丕丨馗丕鬲 丕賱賳賮爻賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賲賷夭鬲 丕賱禺丕乇噩賷賳 賲賳 丕賱賲毓鬲賯賱 責


- 丕賱廿禺鬲賱丕賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷 丕賱賳賮爻賷貙 丕賱賳丕鬲噩 毓賳 鬲兀孬賷乇丕鬲 丕賱賯爻賵丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀丨丕胤鬲 亘賴賲 賮賷 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲毓鬲賯賱貙 兀乇丕丿賵丕 鬲胤亘賷賯 丨乇賷鬲賴賲 毓亘乇 丕賱賯賲毓 亘賱丕 賯賷賵丿 賵 亘賱丕 賴賵丕丿丞 . 亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 胤丕亘毓賷賳 兀爻丕爻賷賳 賵 賴賲丕 丕賱賯爻賵丞 賵 丕賱鬲丨乇乇 賲賳 丕賱賵賴賲 .


賰賷賮 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賲毓丕賲賱丞 廿賳爻丕賳 丌禺乇 亘賴匕賴 丕賱賵丨卮丞 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 鬲賲鬲 賱亘賳賷 丌丿賲 亘兀賷 氐賱丞 責


- 丕賱亘賱丕丿丞 賵 丕賱爻丕丿賷丞 賵 丕賱賳夭賵毓 廿賱賶 丕賱卮乇 賵 丕賱鬲兀賱賴 賰賱賴丕 毓賵丕賲賱 夭乇毓鬲 丕賱賵丨卮賷丞 賮賷 賳賮賵爻 賴丐賱丕亍 丕賱爻噩丕賳賷賳 .


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毓賳 丕賱賲毓賳賶 責


- 丿毓賵鬲 丕賱賱賴 賮賷 爻噩賳賷 丕賱囟賷賯 賮兀噩丕亘賳賷 賮賷 乇丨丕亘丞 丕賱賰賵賳.






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丕賯鬲亘丕爻 06 : 賲丨賲賵丿 丿乇賵賷卮

" 毓賱賶 賴匕賴 丕賱兀乇囟 賲丕 賷爻鬲丨賯 丕賱丨賷丕丞 "


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.. 兀賲丕 丕賱禺亘乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲賵噩 賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱禺亘乇丕鬲貙 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 廿賱賶 丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱毓丕卅丿 廿賱賶 賲賳夭賱賴貙 賮賴賷 匕賱賰 丕賱卮毓賵乇 丕賱毓噩賷亘亘兀賳賴貙 亘毓丿 賰賱 賲丕 賱賯賷賴 賲賳 賲毓丕賳丕丞貙 賱丕 賷賵噩丿 孬賲丞 卮賷亍 賷爻鬲賵噩亘 丕賱禺賵賮 亘毓丿 丕賱丌賳 貙 毓丿丕 丕賱禺賵賮 賲賳 丕賱賱賴 爻亘丨丕賳賴 賵 鬲毓丕賱賶 .

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- 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賲禺賱賵賯 賲爻丐賵賱 賵 賷賳亘睾賷 兀賳 賷丨賯賯 丕賱賲毓賳賶 丕賱賰丕賲賳 賱丨賷丕鬲賴 .


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丕賯鬲亘丕爻 07: 賲賯胤毓 賲賳 爻賱爻賱丞 ( 賮丕乇睾賵 ) 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷丞

- Peggy.
- have you actualized fully ?
- What ?!
-Have you actualized fully ?
- I don't know ! . I mean, I'm trying.
- Do you feel cold sometimes, even when it's hot ?
- Sometimes.
- Do you understand the difference between thinking and being ?
- What do you mean ?
- Do you understand the difference between thinking and being ?
- I...
- To be is simply to exist . Try it .. try simply bieng .
- I'm soory ! .. but how is sitting here gonna help me be the best person I can be ?!
- Ah ! .. you want an explanation .
- Well, Kinda .
- The humain mind, aroused by an insistence for meaning, seeks and finds nothing but contradiction and nonsense. Think or be .






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賲丕 丕賱毓賱丕噩 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶責


"賵賷賱 賱賲賳 賱丕 賷乇賶 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賲毓賳賶"


賷乇鬲賰夭 丕賱毓賱丕噩 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶 毓賱賶 賲爻丕毓丿丞 丕賱賲乇賷囟 毓賱賶 廿賷噩丕丿 賲毓賳賶 賱賵噩賵丿賴 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱丕囟胤賱丕毓 亘賲爻丐賵賱賷鬲賴 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賰賷 賷噩丿 丨賱賵賱丕 賱賲卮賰賱丕鬲賴. 鬲賵氐賱 賮乇丕賳賰賱 廿賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賱丕噩 丨賷賳 賵噩丿 兀賳 丕賱賲爻丕噩賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賷毓丕賳賵賳 賲賳 (毓氐丕亘 丕賱賱丕賲毓賳賶) 賵賴賵 丕賱廿丨爻丕爻 亘毓亘孬賷丞 丕賱賵噩賵丿 賰丕賳賵丕 賷賯丿賲賵賳 毓賱賶 丕賱丕賳鬲丨丕乇 丿賵賳 鬲乇丿丿 亘賷賳賲丕 丕賱匕賷賳 丌賲賳賵丕 亘兀賳 賱賱丨賷丕丞 睾丕賷丞 賰丕賳賵丕 丕賱兀賯丿乇 毓賱賶 賲賵丕噩賴丞 丕賱氐毓丕亘 賮丕賱毓賱丕噩 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶 - 毓賱賶 丨丿 賵氐賮賴 - 賷賲賳丨 賱賱廿賳爻丕賳 爻亘亘丕 賱賱兀賲賱 賵賱賲賵丕氐賱丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞.

丕爻鬲禺丿賲 賮乇丕賳賰賱 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賱丕噩 賮賷 丕賱爻噩賳 賵賳噩丨 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴 賮賷 廿賳賯丕匕 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱賲毓鬲賯賱賷賳 賲賳 丕賱丕賳鬲丨丕乇 賵賷賯賮 丕賱賲毓鬲賯丿 丕賱丿賷賳賷 兀賵賱 丕賱丨賵丕賮夭 丕賱賲爻丕毓丿丞 毓賱賶 鬲噩賳亘 丕賱丌賱丕賲 賵兀賮囟賱 賵爻丕丿丞 賱賱賲鬲毓亘賷賳. 丕丨鬲賵賶 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 毓賱賶 賲卮丕賴丿 賵兀丨丿丕孬 賰孬賷乇丞 鬲賳亘囟 亘丕賱丌賱丕賲 賵丕賱毓匕丕亘丕鬲 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賵賷毓丿 賲賳 噩賴丞 孬丕賳賷丞 乇丕賮丿 賲賴賲丕 賯丿賾賲 賱毓賱賲 丕賱賳賮爻 鬲氐賵乇丕鬲 賵乇丐賶 噩丿賷丿丞 毓賳 爻賷賰賵賱賵噩賷丞 丕賱爻噩賷賳 賵毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 亘丕賱兀賱賲 賵丕賱賵噩賵丿貙 賵廿匕丕 賲丕 兀乇丿賳丕 賵氐賮 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賮賷 噩賲賱丞 爻賳賯賵賱:


"廿賳賴 乇爻丕賱丞 賳丿丕亍 賵丨亘 賱賲氐丕賮丨丞 丕賱兀賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賱賲 賷毓丿 兀賲乇丕 爻賷卅丕 賰賲丕 賳馗賳!!".


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丕賯鬲亘丕爻 08 : 賲賳 兀賯賵丕賱 賳賷鬲卮賴


"賲賳 賷賲鬲賱賰 爻亘亘丕 賱賷毓賷卮 賲賳 兀噩賱賴 賮廿賳賴 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 睾丕賱亘丕 兀賳 賷鬲丨賲賱 亘兀賷丞 胤乇賷賯丞 賵亘兀賷 丨丕賱"


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賲丕 賲毓賳賶 丕賱鬲爻丕賲賷 亘丕賱匕丕鬲 責責

1- 丕賳 鬲丨賯賷賯 丕賱匕丕鬲 賱賷爻 賴賵 丕賱睾丕賷丞 丕賱賯氐賵賶 毓賳丿 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵賱丕 丨鬲賶 賲賯氐丿賴 丕賱兀賵賱賶貙 匕賱賰 兀賳賾 鬲丨賯賷賯 丕賱匕丕鬲 廿匕丕 氐丕乇 睾丕賷丞 賮賷 丨丿 匕丕鬲賴 賮廿賳賴 賷鬲毓丕乇囟 賲毓 禺丕氐賷丞 鬲噩丕賵夭 丕賱匕丕鬲 兀賵 丕賱鬲爻丕賲賷 亘丕賱匕丕鬲.
2- 賰匕賱賰 賮廿賳 鬲丨賯賷賯 丕賱匕丕鬲 賲丕賴賵 廿賱丕 賳鬲賷噩丞 兀賵 兀孬乇 賱鬲丨賯賷賯 丕賱賲毓賳賶貙 匕賱賰 兀賳 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賱丕 賷丨賯賯 匕丕鬲賴 廿賱丕 亘賲賯丿丕乇 鬲丨賯賷賯賴 賱賲毓賳賶 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲.
3- 廿賳賾 丕賱鬲爻丕賲賷 亘丕賱匕丕鬲 賴賵 噩賵賴乇 丕賱賵噩賵丿.


賲賱丕丨馗丞 賲賴賲丞 :

兀賷 賲毓賳賶 賱賱鬲爻丕賲賷 賵鬲噩丕賵夭 丕賱兀賱賲 賵丕賱鬲賮賵賯 毓賱賶 丕賱匕丕鬲 賵鬲丨賯賷賯 賯賷賲丞 丕賱賵噩賵丿 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷 兀毓馗賲 賲賳 丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘兀賳賾賰 鬲賯鬲乇亘 賲賳 丕賱賱賴 亘丕賱鬲丨賯賯 亘丕賱兀爻賲丕亍 賵丕賱氐賮丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 兀禺亘乇 亘賴丕 毓賳 賳賮爻賴 賵兀孬賳賶 毓賱賶 毓亘丕丿賴 丕賱賲鬲禺賱賾賯賷賳 亘賴丕責

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賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賲賯賵賱丞 丿賵爻鬲賵賷賮爻賰賷 丕賱鬲賷 毓賳賵賳 亘賴丕 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 賮乇丕賳賰賱 丨丕賱鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱賲毓鬲賯賱 賵 丨丕賱丞 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 毓賲賵賲丕

" 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賰丕卅賳 賯丕丿乇 毓賱賶 兀賳 賷鬲毓賵賾丿 賰賱 卮賷亍貙 賵賱毓賱賾 賴匕丕 禺賷乇 鬲毓乇賷賮 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷毓乇賻賾賮 亘賴 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 ".

匕賰乇賷丕鬲 賲賳 賲賳夭賱 丕賱兀賲賵丕鬲
丿賵爻鬲賵賷賮爻賰賷








卮賰乇丕.
Merci .
Thank you .

:D
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265 reviews477 followers
March 10, 2023
I enjoyed reading Part One and I felt a bit bored when I read Part Two.

Overall, this is one of the best books to tell the living experience in the WWII concentration camp in Auschwitz where there are horrible places such as gas chambers, crematoriums, and massacres.

They can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to you.

I would also like to recommend "The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku." if you like this book.
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134 reviews537 followers
July 3, 2012
" 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賷亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱賲毓賳賶 " 鈥� 賲賯丿賲丞 賮賷 丕賱毓賱丕噩 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶.. 丕賱鬲爻丕賲賷 亘丕賱賳賮爻

賮賷 賰賱 賲乇丞 鬲賮鬲丨 賰鬲丕亘賸丕貙 鬲賵賯毓 兀賳 賷丨氐賱 賱賰 卮賷卅賸丕 毓馗賷賲賸丕! 賰兀賳 鬲賵賱丿 賲賳 噩丿賷丿 .. 賵 賴匕丕 賲丕 丨丿孬 賲毓賷 亘丕賱賮毓賱貙 賵 鬲毓鬲亘乇 賴匕賴 賵賱丕丿鬲賷 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞貙 賮丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 賷爻賲賵 賮賷 賰賱 賲乇丞 賵 賷乇鬲賮毓 禺胤賵丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賵鬲鬲亘丿賱 賯賳丕毓鬲賴 丕賱兀賵賱賶貙 賮廿匕丕 賲丕 賰賳鬲 賵氐賱鬲 賲爻亘賯賸丕 廿賱賶 賲毓賳賶 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱賳賮爻 賵 鬲丨賯賷賯 丕賱匕丕鬲貙 賮廿賳賳賷 亘毓丿 賰鬲丕亘 "賮乇丕賳賰賱" 兀禺乇噩 賲賳 爻噩賳 賮賰乇丞 廿賱賶 賮賰乇丞 兀毓賲賯!! 貙 賲賳 爻噩賳 丕賱賴丿賮 賵 丕賱鬲賵鬲乇 賵 丕賱爻毓賷 賱賱丕鬲夭丕賳 廿賱賶 丕賱賲毓賳賶
" 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 丕賱鬲賵氐賱 廿賱賶 鬲丨賯賷賯 丕賱匕丕鬲 廿匕丕 噩毓賱賴 丕賱卮禺氐 賰賮丕賷賴 賮賷 丨丿 匕丕鬲賴貙 賵 賱賰賳 賷賰賵賳 賴匕丕 賲賲賰賳丕 廿匕丕 賳馗乇 廿賱賷賴 賰兀孬乇 噩丕賳亘賷 賱賱鬲爻丕賲賷 亘丕賱匕丕鬲"
丕鬲賮賯 賲毓賴 賰孬賷乇賸丕 貙 賮廿匕丕 賲丕 鬲丨賵賱 廿丨賯丕賯 丕賱匕丕鬲 賱賴丿賮貙 賵 亘睾賷丞 丕賱賵氐賵賱 廿賱賷賴 亘兀賷 胤乇賷賯貙 賯丿 鬲丐丿賷 廿賱賶 丕賱囟賷丕毓 賵 毓丿賲 丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘賴 丨鬲賶 賱賵 丨丿孬 賵 賵氐賱 廿賱賷賴貙 賷卮亘賴 匕賱賰 賲賳 賷乇賷丿 丕賱爻毓丕丿丞 賰賴丿賮貙 孬賲 賷噩丿 賳賮爻賴 賷兀禺賾乇 丨氐賵賱賴丕 賮賷 賰賱 賲乇丞 亘爻亘亘 廿囟丕賮鬲賴 賱賲毓丕賷賷乇 噩丿賷丿丞 賱爻毓丕丿鬲賴!!

丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賲賯爻賲 賱孬賱丕孬 兀噩夭丕亍 賰丕賱鬲丕賱賷:
丕賱賯爻賲 丕賱兀賵賱 : 禺亘乇丕鬲 賮賷 賲毓爻賰乇 丕賱賯鬲丕賱 :
賵 賮賷賴 賷胤乇丨 賮乇丕賳賰賱 禺亘乇鬲賴 賵 賲丕 毓丕卮賴 賴賵 賵乇賮丕賯賴 丿丕禺賱 丕賱爻噩賳貙 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 兀賳 賰賱 賲丕 賯乇兀鬲賴 賲丐賱賲賸丕貙 賵 賷噩乇丿 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳賷丞 賲賳 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 賳賮爻賴! 貙 兀賳丕 丕賱鬲賷 丌賲賳鬲 丿丕卅賲賸丕 亘毓馗賲丞 賴匕丕 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 賵 兀賳 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳賷丞 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲爻賱亘 賲賳賴 鬲丨鬲 賰賱 丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱囟丕睾胤丞 毓賱賷賴 .. 賷兀鬲賷 賴賳丕 賮乇丕賳賰賱 賱賷丨賱賱 鬲丨賱賷賱丕賸 丿賯賷賯賸丕 賵 賲丿賴卮賸丕 賱孬賱丕孬 兀胤賵丕乇 賷賲乇 亘賴丕 丕賱爻噩賷賳 賵 賴賷 賰丕賱鬲丕賱賷 :
* 丕賱氐丿賲丞 丕賱胤賵乇 丕賱兀賵賱 賱乇丿賵丿 丕賱兀賮毓丕賱 丕賱賳賮爻賷丞
賵 匕賰乇 亘毓丿賴丕 兀賲乇 兀孬丕乇 丿賴卮鬲賷 兀賱丕 賵賴賵 " 乇丿 丕賱賮毓賱 睾賷乇 丕賱爻賵賷 廿夭丕亍 賲賵賯賮 睾賷乇 爻賵賷 賴賵 丕爻鬲噩丕亘丞 爻賵賷丞 "!!
* 丕賱亘賱丕丿丞 賵 丕賱賲賵鬲 丕賱丕賳賮毓丕賱賷 賴賲丕 丕賱胤賵乇 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賱乇丿賵丿 丕賱兀賮毓丕賱 丕賱賳賮爻賷丞
賷匕賰乇 賴賳丕 兀賳 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 賷賱噩兀 賱賱亘賱丕丿丞 賰賵爻賷賱丞 賱賱丿賮丕毓 毓賳 丕賱匕丕鬲 賵鬲禺賱賷氐賴丕 賲賳 丕賱兀賱賲 丕賱賳賮爻賷貙 賰賲丕 鬲賮毓賱 乇賵丨 丕賱賲乇丨 兀賷囟丕
* 丕賱胤賵乇 丕賱孬丕賱孬/ 鬲丨丿孬 賮賷賴 毓賳 爻賷賰賵賱賵噩賷丞 丕賱爻噩賷賳 亘毓丿 丕賱丕賮乇丕噩 毓賳賴 ( 賮賯丿丕賳 丕賱賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱丕丨爻丕爻 亘丕賱爻乇賵乇- 丕禺鬲賱丕賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 .. 丕賱禺 )

氐丕丿賮鬲賳賷 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賯爻賲 :
賮賯乇丞 卮賷賯丞 毓賳賵丕賳賴丕 " 禺賱丕氐 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 賴賵 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱丨亘 賵 賮賷 丕賱丨亘 "
賷賯賵賱 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 兀賳 丕賱丨亘 賴賵 丕賱賴丿賮 丕賱睾丕卅賷 賵 丕賱兀爻賲賶 丕賱匕賷 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷胤賲毓 廿賱賷賴 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳!

賮賷 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賵 丕賱丕禺鬲賷丕乇 賷賯賵賱 賮乇丕賳賰賱 " 賰賱 卮賷亍 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷丐禺匕 賲賳 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 毓丿丕 卮賷卅賸丕 賵丕丨丿賸丕 賵 賴匕丕 丕賱卮賷亍 丕賱賵丕丨丿 賴賵 丌禺乇 卮賷亍 賲賳 丕賱丨乇賷丕鬲 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳賷丞 鈥� 賵 賴賵 兀賳 賷禺鬲丕乇 丕賱賲乇亍 丕鬲噩丕賴賴 賮賷 馗乇賵賮 賲毓賷賳丞貙 兀賷 賷禺鬲丕乇 丕賱賲乇亍 胤乇賷賯賴 "

鬲丨丿孬 兀賷囟丕賸 毓賳 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 賵 兀賳賴丕 卮賷亍 賳爻賷!
" 廿賳 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 鬲睾賲乇 丕賱乇賵丨 丕賱丕賳爻丕賲賷丞 賰賱賴丕 賵 丕賱毓賯賱 丕賱賵丕毓賷 亘兀賰賲賱賴貙 亘氐乇賮 丕賱賳馗乇 毓賲丕 廿匕丕 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 賰亘賷乇丞 兀賲 氐睾賷乇丞 _ 賲爻兀賱丞 賳爻亘賷丞"

賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱賲丐賱賲 賵丕賱卮賷賯! 賵 亘胤乇賷賯丞 賮乇丕賳賰賱 賮賷 匕賰乇 丕賱賯氐丞 賵 丕賱鬲丨賱賷賱 賲毓賸丕貙 賳卮兀鬲 賱丿賷 卮禺氐賷丞 賲毓賴賲! 賵 兀丿乇賰鬲 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賲丕 爻賱胤鬲賴 毓賱賷賾 賱兀毓賷卮 爻噩賳賸丕 賲毓賳賵賷賸丕貙 賵賱丨爻賳 丕賱丨馗 兀賳 丨丿賷孬 賮乇丕賳賰賱 賰丕賳 賷賳爻噩賲 賲毓 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賰賱賷賸丕貙 賵賱賲 賷賯鬲氐乇 毓賱賶 爻噩賳丕亍 丕賱賲毓爻賰乇!
賮賷 賳賴丕賷鬲賴 賰鬲亘 噩賲賱丞 賴夭鬲賳賷 賵鬲賵賯賮鬲 毓賳丿賴丕 賰孬賷乇賸丕 " 賱賯丿 丿毓賵鬲 丕賱賱賴 賲賳 爻噩賳賷 丕賱囟賷賯貙 賮兀噩丕亘賳賷 賮賷 乇丨丕亘丞 丕賱賰賵賳 "
賴賱 賱賷 兀賳 兀賯賵賱 兀賳 丕賱賱賴 兀乇爻賱 賱賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賱兀睾乇賯 賮賷 乇丨丕亘鬲賴! 賵 兀鬲賵爻賾毓 賲賳 丿丕禺賱賷責



丕賱賯爻賲 丕賱孬丕賳賷: 丕賱賲亘丕丿卅 丕賱兀爻丕爻賷丞 賱賱毓賱丕噩 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶:
賴賳丕 賷賰乇乇 丕賱丨丿賷孬 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶 賱賰賳 亘胤乇賷賯丞 賲丿賴卮丞 賵 鬲兀賰賷丿賷賴 賲賮氐賱丞 賵 毓賱賲賷丞 兀賰孬乇
爻兀賰鬲亘 賲賱禺氐賸丕 亘爻賷胤賸丕 賷賵囟丨 賲丕 匕賰乇賴貙 賱兀賳 賲孬賱 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賷購睾乇賯 賮賷賴 賵 賱丕賷爻賴賱 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳賴!
* 廿乇丕丿丞 丕賱賲毓賳賶 : 廿賳 爻毓賷 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 廿賱賶 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 賲毓賳賶 賴賵 賯賵丞 兀賵賱賷丞 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賴
* 丕賱丕丨亘丕胤 丕賱賵噩賵丿賷: 賷匕賰乇 兀賳賴 賷鬲賵賱丿 賲賳 丕賱氐乇丕毓丕鬲 亘賷賳 丕賱賯賷賲 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮丞- 丕賱賲毓賳賵賷丞 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯賷丞
丕丨鬲賮馗鬲 亘丕賯鬲亘丕爻丕鬲 鬲賳賮賷 賯囟賷丞 丕賱丕鬲夭丕賳 丕賱鬲賷 賰賳鬲 兀丐賲賳 亘賴丕! 賵 鬲賵囟丨 兀賳 賮鬲乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲賵鬲乇 丕賱鬲賷 兀賲乇 亘賴丕 胤亘賷毓丞!
- 賱賷爻 賰賱 氐乇丕毓 亘丕賱囟乇賵乇丞 毓氐丕亘賷賸丕 賮賲賯丿丕乇 賲賳 丕賱氐乇丕毓 爻賵賷 賵 氐丨賷貙 賵 賰匕賱賰 賱賷爻 賰賱 賲毓丕賳丕丞 丨丕賱丞 賲乇囟賷丞 賵 賴賷 亘丕賱鬲丕賱賷 賱賷爻鬲 毓乇囟賸丕 賲賳 兀毓乇丕囟 丕賱毓氐丕亘貙 賱匕丕 賮廿賳 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 兀賳噩丕夭賸丕 丕賳爻丕賳賷賸丕 胤賷亘丕賸貙 禺丕氐丞 廿匕丕 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賳卮兀 賲賳 丕賱丕丨亘丕胤 丕賱賵噩賵丿賷.
_ 賱賷爻 賲丕賷丨鬲丕噩賴 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 賴賵 丨丕賱丞 丕賱賱丕鬲賵鬲乇 賵 賱賰賳賴 賷丨鬲丕噩 廿賱賶 丕賱爻毓賷 賵丕賱丕噩鬲賴丕丿 賮賷 爻亘賷賱 賴丿賮 賷爻鬲丨賯 兀賳 賷毓賷卮 賲賳 兀噩賱賴.
* 丕賱賮乇丕睾 丕賱賵噩賵丿賷: 賷賯賵賱 兀賳賴 賷鬲賲孬賱 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 丕賱賲賱賱!
賵 賲賳賴 賷亘丿兀 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 鬲毓賵賷囟 廿乇丕丿丞 丕賱賲毓賳賶 丕賱賲丨亘胤丞 亘賭 廿乇丕丿丞 丕賱賯賵丞/ 丕賱賱匕丞
賰賲丕 賷賵囟丨 賱賳丕 胤乇賯 鬲賲賰賳賳丕 賲賳 賰卮賮 丕賱賲毓賳賶 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞貙 賵 賴賷 孬賱丕孬丞
1- 丕賱丕鬲賷丕賳 亘賮毓賱 賵 毓賲賱 ( 丕賱丕賳噩丕夭/ 丕賱鬲丨賯賷賯)
2- 兀賳 賳禺亘乇 賯賷賲丞 賲賳 丕賱賯賷賲 ( 賵賷鬲丨丿孬 賮賷賴丕 毓賳 賲毓賳賶 丕賱丨亘 )
3- 兀賳 鬲毓賷卮 丨丕賱丞 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 ( 賲毓賳賶 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞)
賷匕賰乇 賲丕 賯丕賱賴 丿賵爻鬲賵賷賮賰爻賷 : 賷賵噩丿 卮賷卅 賵丕丨丿 賮賯胤 賷乇賵毓賳賷 賵 賴賵 " 兀賱丕 兀賰賵賳 噩丿賷乇賸丕 亘丌賱丕賲賷 "
賮廿匕丕 賰丕賳 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 賷賲賱賰 賲毓賳賶 賱丨賷丕鬲賴 賮賲丐賰丿 兀賳賴 爻賷噩丿 賲毓賳賶 賱賱賲毓賳丕鬲賴 賵丌賱丕丌賲賴!
" 廿賳 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 鬲鬲賵賯賮 賲賳 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 賲毓丕賳丕丞 亘卮賰賱 賲丕貙 賮賷 丕賱賱丨馗丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賰鬲爻亘 賮賷賴丕 賲毓賳賶"



丕賱賯爻賲 丕賱孬丕賱孬: 丕賱鬲爻丕賲賷 亘丕賱匕丕鬲
賵 賰丕賳賴 賲乇丕噩毓丞 賱賰賱 丕賱爻丕亘賯 亘賲丨丕賵賱丞 爻賲賵 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 亘匕丕鬲賴 賵 鬲噩丕賵夭賴丕.


賵 兀禺賷乇賸丕 賴賳丕賰 賳賯胤丞 賯賷賲丞 賱氐丕賱丨 丕賱毓賱丕噩 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶 賵賴賷 [廿 賳 丕賱毓賱丕噩 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶 賷乇賶 賮賷 " 丕賱丕賱鬲夭丕賲 亘丕賱賲爻丐賱賷丞" 丕賱噩賵賴乇 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷 賱賱賵噩賵丿 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳]
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September 13, 2021
Trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen: Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager = Man's Search for Meaning; an introduction to logotherapy, Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning is a 1946 book by Viktor Frankl chronicling his experiences as an Auschwitz concentration camp inmate during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose in life to feel positively about, and then immersively imagining that outcome.

According to Frankl, the way a prisoner imagined the future affected his longevity. The book intends to answer the question "How was everyday life in a concentration camp reflected in the mind of the average prisoner?" Part One constitutes Frankl's analysis of his experiences in the concentration camps, while Part Two introduces his ideas of meaning and his theory called logotherapy.

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December 11, 2019
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This is a short but extremely intense book, first published in 1946. It begins with the author's experiences in four (!!) different German concentration camps in WWII, including Auschwitz, and how he coped with those experiences -- and saw others cope with them, or not. He continues in the second half of this book with a discussion of his approach to psychiatry, called logotherapy, based on the belief that each person needs to find something in his or her life, something particular and personal to them, to give their life meaning. We need to look outside ourselves.
There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is meaning in one's life. There is much wisdom in the words of Nietzsche: "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how."
The first half of the book is completely absorbing, fascinating reading. When I tried to read the second, more academic part of it years ago, I floundered (I don't think I ever got through to the end). But I stuck with it this time and found it truly rewarding.

The second part did sometimes challenge my brain cells with concepts like this:
I never tire of saying that the only really transitory aspects of life are the potentialities; but as soon as they are actualized, they are rendered realities at that very moment; they are saved and delivered into the past, wherein they are rescued and preserved from transitoriness. For, in the past, nothing is irretrievably lost but everything is irrevocably stored.
I had to read that one two or three times before I felt like I really grasped what Frankl was saying. And this one:
Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!
I assume it's to help give us motivation to avoid making a wrong choice, by thinking through the likely consequences of what we are about to do. But there are so many nuggets of wisdom in this short volume. A few things that really impacted me:
We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us.

One should not search for an abstract meaning of life. Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life to carry out a concrete assignment which demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated.

It is one of the basic tenets of logotherapy that man's main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life. ... In accepting this challenge to suffer bravely, life has a meaning up to the last moment, and it retains this meaning literally to the end.

Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
Inspiring words; inspiring life.

Bonus material: is an interview with Viktor Frankl when he was 90 years old. He died just a couple of years later.
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February 8, 2016
This book stands out as one of the most helpful tools I've found in my life-long search for the way to live and be useful to others despite depression. As opposed to Freud, who believed that the primary drive in man, the most urgent motivation, was pleasure, Frankl believes that it is meaning. Now meaning for Frankl is not something abstract and airy and noble but rather something very concrete and specific to your life - what is the task that life asks of you that only you can do? Look at the circumstances of your life, look at your talents and the people that surround you. Where is the need that is calling for you to respond? For Frankl, the hope that kept him trudging on day by day in the concentration camps was the need to re-write the manuscript (taken away when first imprisoned) where he could present to the world his theory of Logotherapy. Why I found this book so helpful in my struggles with depression is because one of the rock-bottom places where depression can take you is despair. Despair is the absence of hope. The search for meaning, for a response to something life is asking of you, is the place where hope is born. Frankl states that hope, like genuine laughter or like faith or love is not something that we can will into being. We cannot make hope appear willy nilly in our lives because hope is more than a nice thought, it is, like true love something that involves your whole being. I find this to be true but there are things that we can do to prepare the way for hope's arrival and hope will come, it will always come. We can search for meaning because searching and looking and asking and expecting are acts and attitudes that we can will. Meaning, according to Frankl is found in three different forms. Meaning is found in creating or doing. Meaning is found in experiencing something greater than ourselves and in encountering another being through love. And finally, meaning can be found in the attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering. The important thing here is that in all of these instances the value of the thing that gives meaning is subjective. There is no scale out there that says that writing a novel gives more meaning than helping your spouse with the dishes. When it comes to meaning, the small, the hidden, the unsaid is as important as the great acts of genius and you alone are the judge. Orienting yourself to responding in some way to what life is asking of you may not be the sole cure to depression but it is for me a necessary part of any healing process, of learning to live and be useful, despite the illness.
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January 9, 2025
I never thought the book would actually deal with psychiatry, neuroses and some basic mental health issues.


The book just ended.

Did it just end? Like end?!

I was so enjoying the concepts and the writing.

Loved the later half of the book more. Actually O should not compare as it is almost like the author is trying to present those days at concentration camps in the first part and in the second part, how his concept of logotherapy/various mental disorders/physiological health issues should be dealt with.


This book is so informative and insightful from a very practical point of view, historically relevant and quite helpful from a medical point of view.

It helps that the author is from the said field and he just wrote everything important in such a concise manner that you just cannot afford to skip a word.

I have less information about concentration camps or the history behind it. But yes, this book is like 80 percent more than that.

This is not a story of survival or a description of how the author suffered during those days. Of course, suffering was there. And oh, how the author described suffering in a new light attached to the meaning of life!

I really loved the writing.

This book is going to help me in both my personal as well as my profession.

This book will remain next to me.


If I were to annotate this book, I would have to just highlight each and every sentence of part two of the book.


I will definitely reread this book. Because life's meaning isn't constant. And yes, I need that motivation and life's understanding as discussed in this short book.

Amazing!

*There's so much more to this book regarding the camp inmates; discussion on the psychology of prisoners; it not only handles about life issues on just all the issues mentioned before but also about life in general - family and various human needs and emotions.

*Love the parts where he talked about his wife. Loved it so much!

Thanks to my Instagram buddies who recommended this book at one of my recent posts.

Definitely loving taking recommendations 鉂わ笍
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July 11, 2020
"no one has the right to do wrong, not even if wrong has been done to them."

"Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning."

Man's Search for Meaning provides an unbiased narration of the experiences faced by a prisoner in a concentration camp, and the effects of it on one's most inner self. This is not a book on the specifics of torture, or other such inhumane things, but a prisoner's psychological impacts caused from numerous hardships.

"No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same."

Dr. Frankl incorporates his own experiences while trying to find common ground among the prisoners and how one must survive when all else is lost. The first autobiographical section is followed by an evaluation of the adapted methodology, in which the author clearly describes the fundamentals of the basics and specifics on this school of thought. This is a very unique interpretation as to how a man should live, while allowing reader to relate his own experiences and to see life in a different perspective.

"at any time each of the moments of which life consists is dying, and that moment will never recur. And yet is not this transitoriness a reminder that challenges us to make the best possible use of each moment of our lives?"
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July 12, 2023
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賷賳賯爻賲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 廿賱賶 賯爻賲賷賳貙 賷乇賵賷 賮賷 丕賱賯爻賲 丕賱兀賵賱 噩丕賳亘賸丕 賲賳 鬲噩乇亘鬲賴 賮賷 賲毓鬲賯賱 兀賵卮賷賮鬲夭 丕賱賳丕夭賷 賮賷 爻賷丕賯 亘丨孬 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 毓賳 丕賱賲毓賳賶. 賵賮賷 丕賱賯爻賲 丕賱鬲丕賱賷 賷卮乇丨 兀胤乇賵丨丕鬲賴 丨賵賱 丕賱毓賱丕噩 丕賱賳賮爻賷 亘丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲 丕賱賲毓賳賶 賲爻鬲賱賴賲丕 鬲噩乇亘鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱賲毓鬲賯賱 賵鬲噩丕乇亘賴 賲毓 賲乇囟賶 賵兀氐丿賯丕亍.


兀賮賻囟賱 賴賳丕 兀賱賾丕 兀匕賰乇 賲丕 賷丨鬲賵賷賴 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘賱 賲丕 賱賷爻 賮賷賴貙 賰賷 兀夭賷賱 毓賳 丕賱賯丕乇卅 丕賱賲丨鬲賲賱 亘毓囟 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 丕賱賲購爻亘賯丞 丕賱鬲賷 賯丿 鬲孬賳賷賴 毓賳 賯乇丕亍鬲賴:
賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘:

1- 賱丕 賷賳丿乇噩 鬲丨鬲 賱丕卅丨丞 鬲胤賵賷乇 丕賱匕丕鬲. 賮賴賵 賷禺賱賵 賲賳 丕賱賳氐丕卅丨 丕賱賲亘丕卮乇丞貙 賵丕賱禺胤賵丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賷購賳氐丨 亘丕鬲亘丕毓賴丕 賵丕賱噩丿丕賵賱 賵丕賱禺胤胤 賵賰賱 匕賱賰 丕賱丿噩賱 丕賱兀賳賷賯 丕賱賵丕乇丿 賮賷 亘毓囟 賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲胤賵賷乇 丕賱卮禺氐賷.
2- 賱丕 賷爻鬲睾賱 賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱賲毓鬲賯賱賷賳 賱賱丿毓丕賷丞 丕賱丿賷賳賷丞 兀賵 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞.
3- 賱賷爻 兀賰丕丿賷賲賷賸丕 賲丨囟賸丕 賵廿賳 丕丨鬲賵賶 毓賱賶 亘毓囟 丕賱賲氐胤賱丨丕鬲 丕賱孬賯賷賱丞貙 賵賱賷爻 賯氐氐賷賸丕 氐賽乇賮賸丕貙 亘賱 賷爻鬲禺丿賲 丕賱賯氐氐 賱丿毓賲 賳馗乇賷丞 賲毓賷賳丞 賮賷 毓賱賲 丕賱賳賮爻.
4- 賱賷爻 賲禺氐氐賸丕 賱賰賱 賲賳 丿丕賴賲賴 丕賱賷兀爻 兀賵 丕賱囟賳賰 賮丨爻亘 亘賱 賱賰賱 賲賳 賷賳卮丿 丕賱氐丨丞 丕賱賳賮爻賷丞 賵丕賱鬲兀賲賱 賮賷 鬲賯賱亘丕鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱丿賳賷丕 賵鬲兀孬賷乇賴丕 毓賱賶 亘賳賷 丕賱亘卮乇.

賰鬲丕亘 賯賷賾賲 賵賲賲賷夭. 兀丨亘 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 鬲胤乇丨 毓賱賲 丕賱賳賮爻 亘卮賰賱 賲賮賴賵賲貙 賵賴賷 賳丕丿乇丞 毓賱賶 賯丿乇 毓賱賲賷.
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April 27, 2023
Fire葯te, Viktor Emil Frankl (1905 - 1997) nu 葯i-a propus s膬 ofere (卯nc膬) o relatare a anilor petrecu葲i 卯n lag膬r de un inocent, ci o medita葲ie asupra individului captiv 葯i a transform膬rilor suferite de psihicul s膬u. Po葲i s膬 fii de acord (sau nu) cu ideile sale, dar ele provin dintr-o experien葲膬-limit膬, asupra c膬reia autorul a meditat 卯ndelung.

Chiar dac膬 a dictat 卯n nou膬 zile prima parte a c膬r葲ii, Viktor Frankl a urmat, cu siguran葲膬, o serie de note 葯i 鈥瀞istematiz膬ri鈥�. Autorul 卯ncearc膬 s膬 卯ntemeieze o concluzie - via葲a are sens - 葯i din aceast膬 pricin膬 nu urmeaz膬 cronologia 葯i nici nu descrie am膬nun葲it toate suferin葲ele prin care a trecut: nu d膬 nume, ofer膬 o perspectiv膬 de sus, auster膬. Observ膬 c膬, de obicei, psihicul captiv trece prin trei stadii. Uluirea ini葲ial膬, revolta pot duce la o stare de apatie (鈥濶u mai are nici un rost s膬 tr膬iesc, moartea e preferabil膬鈥�) sau, 卯n cazuri izolate, la intuirea sensului ascuns p卯n膬 葯i 卯n suferin葲a cea mai atroce. Fire葯te, sensul nu e ceva valabil pentru to葲i, ceva ce 葲i se impune de sus, sensul vie葲ii 葲ine de o decizie strict personal膬: 鈥濼ovar膬葯ii mei de lag膬r se temeau s膬 ia decizii sau s膬 aib膬 orice fel de ini葲iativ膬... Prizonierul prefera s膬 lase soarta s膬 aleag膬 卯n locul s膬u鈥� (pp.70-71).

Pentru a-葯i p膬stra echilibrul mintal, prizonierul poate 卯ncerca o serie de 鈥瀍xerci葲ii spirituale鈥�, 卯n tradi葲ia celor prescrise c卯ndva de Ignatiu de Loyola. Cel mai important dintre ele este ne卯ndoielnic vizualizarea minu葲ioas膬 a persoanei iubite (卯n cazul lui Frankl a fost Mathilde / Tilly Grosser, prima lui so葲ie). O variant膬 a acestui exerci葲iu e vizualizarea unui eveniment fericit din viitor:
鈥濵膬 sc卯rbisem de starea aceea de lucruri care m膬 constr卯ngea, zi de zi 艧i ceas de ceas, s膬 m膬 g卯ndesc doar la astfel de lucruri m膬runte. Mi-am silit g卯ndurile s膬 treac膬 la un alt subiect. Brusc, m-am v膬zut st卯nd 卯n picioare 卯ntr-o sal膬 de conferin葲e bine luminat膬, cald膬 艧i pl膬cut膬. 脦n fa牛a mea, un public atent 艧edea pe ni艧te scaune tapi牛ate, confortabile. 泞ineam o prelegere despre psihologia lag膬relor de concentrare鈥� (p.86).

Reflec葲iile lui Frankl nu s卯nt niciodat膬 confortabile. Citez cel mai provocator pasaj:
鈥濶oi, cei care am tr膬it 卯n lag膬rele de concentrare, ne amintim de aceia care treceau din barac膬 卯n barac膬, m卯ng卯indu-i pe ceilal牛i, d膬ruindu-le ultima lor 卯mbuc膬tur膬 de p卯ine. Vor fi fost pu牛ini la num膬r, dar ei ne dau 卯ndeajuns de multe dovezi c膬 omului i se poate lua totul, mai pu牛in un lucru: ultima dintre libert膬牛ile umane - respectiv aceea de a-葯i alege propria atitudine 卯ntr-un anumit set de 卯mprejur膬ri date, de a-葯i alege propriul mod de a fi... La o ultim膬 analiz膬, ne devine limpede c膬 genul de persoan膬 care ajungea s膬 devin膬 de牛inutul era rezultatul unei decizii l膬untrice, nu doar rezultatul influen牛elor lag膬rului asupra sa鈥� (p.79).

G膬sim aici c卯teva sugestii foarte asem膬n膬toare cu cele formulate de Sartre 卯n 1943: omul e obligat mereu s膬 aleag膬, refuzul alegerii e tot o alegere, noi 卯n葯ine alegem s膬 fim liberi (sau nu). De noi depinde s膬 fim bestii sau sfin葲i... Sigur c膬 aceste opinii s卯nt discutabile: nu cred c膬 via葲a are sens 葯i nu cred c膬 鈥瀡oin葲a de sens鈥� conduce negre葯it la sens, dar asta e o alt膬 poveste...
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丿丕卮鬲賲 賮讴乇 賲蹖 讴乇丿賲 讴賴 丿賳蹖丕 亘丕 賵噩賵丿 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 賵丨卮蹖 诏乇蹖 賴賳賵夭 賴賲 賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 噩丕蹖 賯卮賳诏蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丌丿賲 賴丕 亘丕卮賴. 丕賲丕 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賲 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 丕蹖賳 賲爻丕賱賴 乇賵 亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳 蹖賴 亘丕賵乇 亘賴 夭亘賵賳 賲蹖丕乇賲 貙 丕賵賳 丌丿賲蹖 亘丕卮賲 讴賴 鬲氐賵乇蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖 丕夭 夭卮鬲蹖 丿賳蹖丕 丿丕乇賴 賵 丕賵賳 賳蹖賲賴 蹖 鬲丕乇蹖讴 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 賴賲 賱賲爻 讴乇丿賴

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When I was a toddler, my Mom and I treated each day like Christmas! Just like in that modern-day semi-satirical opera, Nixon in China? That was my mom鈥檚 credo in my mind - find the gifts each day had to offer - and gleefully unwrap them.

I was autistic, so go figure.

But Mom believed the American Dream, and so I, in my turn, fully gobbled it up and digested it in my childhood. And to this day it sits heavily in my craw. Some things you hate to love - and love to hate.

And so, naturally, as a teen faced by adulthood, I imploded. There was no dream left to nourish my soul.

But when I reached the age of 26, I read this book!

***

I was sitting on the banks of the Rideau Canal, in a folded plastic chair I toted over from my apartment on Somerset Street in the warm Fall of 1976, and I saw the truth.

Frankl said you had to find Meaning within your Fractured Soul - in medias res - at the epicentre of this howling Hurricane of the Chaos of Modern Life.

So that, in turn became my credo.

And by Christmas I had finally found my soulmate鈥�

It will rebuild your life from scratch.

***

Just as it rebuilt MINE.

WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH A STORM,
HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH
AND DON鈥橳 BE AFRAID OF THE DARK.

AT THE END OF THE STORM
THERE鈥橲 A GOLDEN SUN
WITH THE SWEET SILVER SONG OF A LARK!

WALK ON THROUGH THE WIND -
WALK ON THROUGH THE RAIN -
THOUGH YOUR DREAMS BE TRASHED AND TORN鈥�

WALK ON, WALK ON
WITH HOPE IN YOUR HEART:
AND YOU鈥橪L NEVER WALK ALONE.

Five GLOWING Stars, Mister Frankl.
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June 10, 2023
"This book does not claim to be an account of facts and events but of personal experiences, experiences which millions of prisoners have suffered time and again. It is the inside story of a concentration camp, told by one of its survivors."

This book deals with history, psychology, and philosophy. It is about human suffering and the light of hope that shines even in the darkest times. Victor Frankl survived Nazi concentration camps. His experiences would enable him to develop his psychological theories aimed at helping people.

As a survivor, Frankl recounts what helped him keep going while facing many harrowing situations in the camps. According to the author, feeling that life has meaning and having a sense of purpose, no matter what it is, is essential. One has to expect something from the future in order to endure cruelty and injustice.
Those prisoners who knew why they should stay alive were more likely to survive. Losing the meaning of life was dangerous. Victor tells about one man who died almost immediately after his reason for surviving was invalidated. Shattered hopes can be very dangerous as well.

The author wanted to live for he dreamt of finishing the text he had been working on. His manuscript had been confiscated upon his arrival in the concentration camp. Frankl was trying to find ways to somehow restore it.
Helping his fellow prisoners was one of the things that added a certain meaning to seemingly meaningless suffering. By comforting others you can improve your own mental state.
The author tries to empathize with different situations in which prisoners may find themselves and not pass judgment on them. Sacrifice has a meaning, according to Frankl, and human kindness can be found everywhere.

This work also touches on the psychology of the prisoner who has been released. At first, the new freedom seems unreal to them, "as in a dream."

The book made me look at the notion of life's purpose from a different angle. I have always been thinking that the meaning of life is life itself.
However, sometimes something more substantial is needed. As Frankl points out, having some visible goal could mean the world to him and his fellow prisoners. It allowed them to remain humans in dehumanizing circumstances when people turned on people without mercy.

I can only admire a man who went through hell and was nevertheless able to preserve his inner strength and integrity. Victor's resilience, stoic attitude to pain, and faith in humankind fascinate me. Much wisdom can be found in some of his observations. That being said, Frankl's philosophy, in which his religious beliefs played a big part, did not always resonate with me. I did not always agree with what he was saying.

Here are a few quotes to end this review.

"From all this we may learn that there are two races of men in this world, but only these two鈥攖he 'race' of the decent man and the 'race' of the indecent man. Both are found everywhere; they penetrate into all groups of society. No group consists entirely of decent or indecent people. In this sense, no group is of 'pure race'鈥攁nd therefore one occasionally found a decent fellow among the camp guards."

"The rift dividing good from evil, which goes through all human beings, reaches into the lowest depths and becomes apparent even on the bottom of the abyss which is laid open by the concentration camp."

"When we are no longer able to change a situation鈥攋ust think of an incurable disease such as inoperable cancer鈥攚e are challenged to change ourselves."

"Therefore, it was necessary to face up to the full amount of suffering, trying to keep moments of weakness and furtive tears to a minimum. But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer."
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Author听1 book22 followers
January 31, 2023
After the Book of Mormon, this would be my second recommendation to anyone looking for purpose in life.

Here's a poignant excerpt from one of my favorite parts of the book when Frankl has been in Auschwitz and other camps for several years and doesn't know the war is only weeks away from ending. He had decided to escape his camp near Dachau with a friend and was visiting some of his patients for the last time.

"I came to my only countryman, who was almost dying, and whose life it had been my ambition to save in spite of myself, but my comrade seemed to guess that something was wrong (perhaps I showed a little nervousness). In a tired voice he asked me, 'You too, are getting out?' I denied it, but I found it difficult to avoid his sad look. After my round I returned to him. Again a hopeless look greeted me and somehow I felt it to be an accusation. The unpleasant feeling that had gripped me as soon as I had told my friend I would escape with him became more intense.

Suddenly I decided to take fate into my own hands for once. I ran out of the hut and told my friend that I could not go with him. As soon as I had told him with finality that I had made up my mind to stay with my patients, the unhappy feeling left me. I did not know what the following days would bring, but I had gained an inward peace that I had never experienced before. I returned to the hut, sat down on the boards at my countryman's feet and tried to comfort him..."

I found such strength and wisdom in this book--strength and advice for me as a mother of six young children. While potty training, bending over to clean up a handful of toys for the the thousandth time that day, scraping Play Dough off of a filthy kitchen floor on hands and knees, and preparing the fifth snack of the day for several hungry mouths (directly after doing the dishes from the previous snack) I find the text of this book to give profound meaning to small and simple acts of selflessness, patience, and service. What a profound reminder that "The immediate influence of behavior is always more effective than that of words." I desperately needed to read this book, if only to remember to be calm and kind to my little ones so that they will pass on the favor to their own next generation.

Bravo to Viktor Frankl for bringing human frailty and greatness into perspective.

"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." -Frankl
Author听3 books13 followers
August 4, 2019
Huge disappointment. It's one of those ever present books on everyone's "20 must-read books" list and it seems (perhaps because of these types of lists) to be more readily available in bookshops. I can only think it's gained notoriety for being on everyone's must-read lists rather than for being a great book, because great book it isn't.

I can summarise the book in one sentence: "people need to have a purpose in life." This may have been new in the 1940s. If I were reviewing the book in 1946 I would have given the book 5 stars. If I were reviewing the book as a classic of psychology, 4 stars. But reviewing it, as I am, from the perspective of self help literature in 2016, and in light of the huge hype this book gets, it's a 1 star simply because today, for me, it adds nothing new.

The Holocaust descriptions are very interesting if quite emotionless, but I didn't read the book for that. (I would have been better off reading Elie Wiesel for that.) The remainder of the book is a pretty dull quite repetitive academic text about logotherapy.

I fail to understand the hype around this book, and the endless 5 star reviews it gets on 欧宝娱乐...I suspect the 5 star reviews are simply because people THINK they should love it, because everybody else says they love it. A sorry case of groupthink.
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12 reviews1,064 followers
March 6, 2022
Pentru prima mea carte de psihologie este un rating foarte mare. A contat mult momentul in care am citit-o, pentru ca aveam nevoie de ea.
M-a facut sa constientizez ca este important optimismul in orice moment prin care trecem in viata.
Mi-a mai ramas si ideea de 鈥渢erapie prin citit鈥� in care cred de cativa ani.
鈥淥 atitudine pozitiva ii permite omului sa suporte suferinta si dezamagirea, dar si sa sporeasca bucuriile si satisfactia.鈥�
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July 30, 2015
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132 reviews111 followers
October 26, 2024
No tengo absolutamente nada en contra de este libro, sino todo lo contrario: hace reflexionar profundamente acerca de cu谩nto un ser humano puede sufrir (y aguantar). Cuando lo le铆, estuve el d铆a completo pensando en el libro y en sus historias, y de pasada, quiero interiorizarme un poco en lo que es la logoterapia.
Le puse 3 estrellas porque es un libro tipo motivacional y esos definitivamente no son mi estilo. La verdad es que no me gusta leer mucho de esto, precisamente porque es triste, pero lo le铆 porque ten铆a curiosidad al ser un libro tan nombrado y no me arrepiento de haberlo le铆do en absoluto.
Totalmente recomendable.
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1,463 reviews24k followers
August 11, 2017
I鈥檝e been meaning to read this for a very long time, but have to admit that the idea of reading a book by someone who survived the Holocaust with long descriptions of that part of their life included with graphic detail didn鈥檛 really make me want to jump at the chance. And this book is harrowing 鈥� particularly the first half or so 鈥� the pain is infinite.

I was also keen to find out what he felt he learnt from this experience about how to live a good life. I have to say that I found this part of the book quite unsatisfying. His discussion of 鈥榣ogotherapy鈥� left me cold, I鈥檓 afraid. I don鈥檛 really like books that say things that amount to 鈥� this guy came to see me about some problem that had plagued his life for decades, I said three sentences to him and he went away with a skip and a spring in his step.

There are bits of this that are worthwhile 鈥� you know, suffering isn鈥檛 an 鈥榓nd also鈥� in life, but often learning how to live with (rather than overcome) suffering is our key task. Yes, I think the Buddha said something similar. That life is better with a meaning is also hardly novel either, although, I guess not something the Buddha said, so much.

Psychology is a subject that inevitably stresses the position of the individual, and the psychology of a man who has lived through an experience where those with power held his life in utter contempt and enjoyed making it clear to him that his ongoing existence was completely at their discretion would hardly encourage him to seek meaning in 鈥榞rand projects鈥� and such. But I don鈥檛 really like psychology and worry it gazes wistfully down the wrong end of the telescope.

I feel awful writing this review, by the way. It feels disrespectful to criticise a book written by someone who lived through something so utterly unimaginable and disgusting. But this is a book providing advice on how one should live one鈥檚 life 鈥� and even though people tend to think that having lived through the unspeakable is qualification enough to write such a book, I find I can鈥檛 really agree. As he makes too clear, sometimes we can look into the abyss and learn nothing from it at all. What he has learnt is better than what some of his fellow prisoners learnt, but if anything this book should be a reminder that someone forced to live through the banality of evil isn鈥檛 really under obligations to learn cuddly and life-affirming lessons from that experience. All to the good if that is what you do learn 鈥� but it does seem to compound the punishment of such an experience if such 鈥榣essons鈥� become mandatory.
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August 14, 2008
There must be something wrong with me. This is a book that everyone is supposed to love. But I didn't. I didn't even like it. I only gave it three stars because I would have felt like a first class jerk giving it only two stars.

Here's the thing- I love WWII stories- The Hiding Place, Anne Frank, etc. But Man's Search for Meaning had no emotion in it. It was so clinical and frankly quite boring.

The first section- Experiences in a Concentration Camp- was ok, but as I said, contained no emotion.

The next two sections- Logotherapy in a Nutshell and The Case for Tragic Optimism- were excruciating the muddle through. It's a really good thing that I didn't major in psychology, philosophy, etc because I would have slept through the textbooks and flunked out of college. These last two sections of the book put me to sleep several times.

This was quite a disappointment. I thought Man's Search for Meaning was supposed to be one of "those" books- you know the ones that are super-fabulous and make you see the world in a different way. It wasn't.

But, I have to end on a positive note- so here is a quote that I liked...
from pg 116- The Meaning of Love- "Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he see that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and of what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true."
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