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Summary: Notes from a journey....
Review: What if, someone asks, life in of itself has no meaning? And what if there were nothing, no savior, no relief, no narcotic or dream--nothing--! to keep us from falling into life's absurdities, crazinesses, meaninglessneses...Would it still be worth living to its fullest? Frankl says of course it is, if we could just keep our hearts hopeful. (My interpretation is, "Things'll be better, if I can make it to Thursday".) Do you see? In spite of the philosophical/scientific lingo on his chapters on logotherapy and the fact that perhaps we'll never be in such dire circumstances as he experienced at the concentration camps, Frankl is telling us, if anything, life is worth living because of all the good things and good people that are here around us and that we can find...even during genocide or war or personal trauma. The Meaning is clear when you reach to find it. But you must reach.
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Summary: Man's Search for Meaning
Review: This is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the most compelling book I have ever read. I was a student at Gonzaga University at the time I read it as part of a religious studies class.The diary that Victor Frankl kept (which he could have been severely punished for if ever discovered) are a tribute to the very essence of man's desire to survive under any conditions. I have lost my copy to loaning it to someone who forgot that I loaned it to them, and I am going to order a copy for my wife to read. EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Enlightening Literature
Review: This was a great book. Who better to tell the story of the holocaust than a survivor of it. I used to think that I knew a lot about the holocaust and concentration camps. After reading this book, my knowledge of the holocaust had increased at least three-fold. One of the reasons that I liked this book so much, is that he was able to tell the reader not only what happened to the prisoners, but also the psychological effect it had on them. The title may give the appearance of a dull book, but I personally enjoyed it thouroughly. I also got 5 extra credit points in A.P. European History for reading it. Pretty cool huh?
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Summary: An absolute read for everyone
Review: This is among the most inspirational books I have read.Frankl's experience as a prisoner of WWII German concentration camps is a story not to be ignored or forgotten.To find purpose and meaning in life when all material possessions are taken from you, when family and friends are lost, when brutality is the norm is a truly remarkable story. There are many passages in this book that are burned in my memory.Among them is, "the salvation of man is through love and in love".A simple statement, but, one which the world needs to be reminded.
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Summary: This book could change your life
Review: Dr. Frankl's logotherapy is straightforward and easy to understand. It is also a useful antidote to the rather frightening drift in psychology during the past two decades toward strict biological determinism. This particular work is one I keep at hand and re-read on a regular basis. I read it for the first time a few months after I started medical treatment and therapy for life-long depression. I get more from it each time I go back to it. Logotherapy manages an incredible balance. It does not put man himself at the center of the universe, thus avoiding the kind of narcissistic self-reflection common to much of the therapeutic literature today. Yet, it does not sweep man aside as irrelevant. Instead, Frankl argues that we have an incredible power to shape our attitudes and responses to the challenges life presents us and that we inevitably grow thanks to these challenges. This is a quick read and could conceivably change your life. Man is more than the sum of his biology and his environment. We inevitably choose to be who we are. Frankl's argument is that, if we choose wisely, we can triumph even in tragedy. It's a truth many of us have lost sight of in our cynicism.
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Summary: One of the best books of all time.
Review: I have been inspired by this book for 20 years. There is a reason it is still selling so well. It is not only a great first-hand account of life in Hitler's concentration camps, but Frankl takes this worst of all circumstances and transforms it into a purposeful, meaningful, even enriching experience. If he can do that with THOSE circumstances, what can we do with ours! As the author of the book, Self-Help Stuff That Works, I am an expert on what kind of writing meaningfully imacts a reader. Frankl's book is about as good as it gets!
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Summary: Man's Search for Meaning
Review: Very excellent book! It shows the reader that the mind/body can overcome and adapt to extreme trauma and pain be it phyiscal, mental, and spiritual. Great book if you are down and out because after reading it your life is nothing compared to the authors experience in the camps during WWII.
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Summary: When All Is Lost, Meaning Is Found
Review: This book will change your outlook on life. It will change you and the way you think about your experiences and your life situation. It's an extraordinary exploration of survival, the meaning of other people, what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior. It will make you question and answer these imponderables. You will change.
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Summary: It is an excellent book and should be read by all.
Review: I have read many books on what the Jewish people and others went through during their life in the concentration camps and after. Dr. Frankl has given us an excellent insight into the during and after life of the concentration camps. He has also expressed his logotherapy and existence therapy in such a way even the layperson can readily understand. It is a book I highly recommend for all.
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Summary: The most meaningful book I've ever read.
Review: Man's Search for Meaning is a great book with lots of good advice on how to find meaning then live life to its fullest. When reading about his experience in the concentration camps, it pulls you in and you suffer when he suffers. It made me realize how lucky I am.
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