Viktor Frankl

Yes to Life

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Extraordinary uncovered work by the 16 million copy bestselling author of Man's Search For Meaning published in English for the first time
Eleven months after his liberation from Auschwitz, Viktor E. Frankl held a series of public lectures in Vienna. The psychologist, who was to become world famous, explained his central thoughts on meaning, resilience and the importance of embracing life even in the face of great adversity. Frankl then edited those lectures into a short book, which was published in Austria only in 1946. Published for the very first time in English, Frankl's words resonate as strongly today as they did then. He offers an insightful exploration of the maxim “Live as if you were living for the second time” and unfolds his basic conviction that every crisis also includes an opportunity. Despite the unspeakable horrors in the camp, Frankl learnt from his fellow inmates that it is always possible to say “yes to life”—a profound and timeless…
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  • я с н оhas quoted2 years ago
    Then we will be free!
    If the prisoners of Buchenwald, tortured and worked and starved nearly to death, could find some hope in those lyrics despite their unending suffering, Frankl asks us, shouldn’t we, living far more comfortably, be able to say “Yes” to life in spite of everything life brings us?
  • я с н оhas quoted2 years ago
    She remembers her father saying “That’s living” at even the slightest pleasures.
  • я с н оhas quoted2 years ago
    had a pessimistic, if not entirely depressed, outlook on life.

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