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Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Amazing book on the meaning of life from the founder of logotherapy (therapy based on helping clients to find meaning in their life) who is also a holocaust survivor.

The first 2/3 of the book is an autobiography about his experiences in the concentration camps and the psychological mindset of the prisoners. The last 1/3 takes his experiences and outlines the basis for which logotherapy lies. Reading it was a profound experience. It's the kind of book that you will think back to a few times a month for the rest of your life.



The last line here is not hyperbole. It changes you, plain and simple, to read this mans experiences and their translation into a form of therapy.


+1 on this.

One of the most concise arguments for a secular humanism based on shared suffering and the human condition. Fundamentally important.




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