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Viktor Emil Frankl, M.D., Ph.D. (26 March 1905 – 2 September 1997) was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist and a Holocaust survivor. Frankl was the founder of logotherapy, which is a form of existential analysis, the "Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy". His best-selling book Man's Search for Meaning chronicles his experiences as a concentration camp inmate which led him to discover the importance of finding meaning in all forms of existence, even the most sordid ones, and thus, a reason to continue living. Frankl became one of the key figures in existential therapy and a prominent source of inspiration for humanistic psychologists.
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To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.' Once the reason is found, however, one becomes happy automatically. As we see, a human being is not one in pursuit of happiness but rather in search of a reason to become happy, last but not least, through actualizing the potential meaning inherent and dormant in a given situation.
الصحة النفسية تستند الى درجة كبيرة من التوتر- التوتر بين ما انجزه الفرد بالفعل وما لا يزال عليه ان ينجزه, او الفجوة بين واقع الفرد وما ينبقغي أن يصير عليه. ذلك التوتر كامن في الوجود الانساني وبالتالي فلا غنى عنه بالنسبة للصحة النفسية. وينغي اذن الا نتردد في أن نضع أمام الانسان تحديات عليه أو يواجهها بما عنده من معان كامنة عليه أن يحققها. فكل ما نفعله في هذه الحالة هو أن نستدعي إرادة المعنى عنده في حالة كمونها. وأعتبر أنه لتصور خاطئ وخطير للصحة النفسية الزعم بأن ما يحتاجه الانسان في المحل الاول هو التوازن, أو كما يعرف باستعادة الاتزان في البيولوجيا, اي حالة اللاتوتر. فليس ما يحتاجه الانسان حقيقة هو حالة اللاتوتر ولكنه يحتاج الى السعي والاجتهاد في سبيل هدف يستحق أن يعيش من أجله. فالانسان لا يحتاج الى التخلص من التوتر بأي ثمن, ولكن يحتاج الى استدعاء امكانات المعنى-ذلك المعنى الذي ينتظر أن يقوم بتحقيقه. إن ما يحتاجه الانسان ليس استعادة الاتزان ولكن ما اسميه بـ الديناميات المعنوية, في مجال للتوتر -يتمثل أحد قطبيه في المعنى اللازم تحقيقه, ويتمثل القطب الآخر في الانسان الذي ينبغي أن يقوم بتحقيقه.
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The salvation of man is through love and in love. I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved. In a position of utter desolation, when man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way — an honorable way — in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment.