Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake. - Viktor Frankl

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Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake.

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About Viktor Frankl

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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Native Name: Viktor Emil Frankl
Alternative Names: Viktor E. Frankl
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A rich and mighty Persian once walked in his garden with one of his servants. The servant cried that he had just encountered Death, who had threatened him. He begged his master to give him his fastest horse so that he could make haste and flee to Teheran, which he could reach that same evening. The master consented and the servant galloped off on the horse. On returning to his house the master himself met Death, and questioned him, “Why did you terrify and threaten my servant?” “I did not threaten him; I only showed surprise in still finding him here when I planned to meet him tonight in Teheran,” said Death.

"ينبغي ألا يسأل الانسان عن معنى حياته وانما على الفرد أن يدرك أنه هو الذي يوجه السؤال اليه. وباختصار, فان كل انسان يجري سؤاله بواسطة الحياة نفسها, وأنه لا يستطيع أن يجيب الا الى الحياة وذلك عن طريق الاجابة في حياته ذاتها, فهو يستطيع أن يستجيب الى الحياة عن طريق الافصاح عن مسؤوليته والتعبير عنها. وهكذا فان العلاج بالمعنى يرى في "الالتزام بالمسؤولية" الجوهر الحقيقي للوجود الانساني."

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Is it not conceivable that there is still another dimension, a world beyond man's world; a world in which the question of an ultimate meaning of human suffering would find an answer?

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