" Logotherapy focuses rather on the future,
that is to say, on the meanings
to be fulfilled by the patient in his future . "
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From " Man's Search for Meaning "
@ 2009-05-31 – 18:38:23
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From " Man's Search for Meaning "
@ 2009-04-28 – 18:28:43
" Sometimes the frustrated will to meaning
is vicariously compensated for by a will to power,
including the most primitive form of
the will to power, the will to money.
In other cases, the place of frustrated
will to meaning is taken by the will to pleasure.
That is why existential frustration often
eventuates in sexual compensation. " -
From " Man's Search for Meaning "
@ 2009-03-29 – 17:59:12
" The logotherapist's role consists
of widening and broadening
the visual field of the patient
so that the whole spectrum
of potential meaning becomes
conscious and visible to him. " -
From "Psychotherapy and Existentialism"
@ 2009-02-26 – 17:52:28
" Logotherapy insists that man's main concern
is not to seek pleasure or to avoid pain,
but rather to find a meaning to his life. " -
From "Psychotherapy and Existentialism"
@ 2009-01-25 – 12:31:16
" Needless to say, the freedom of a finite being
such as man is a freedom within limits.
Man is not free from conditions, be they
biological or psychological or sociological in nature.
But he is, and always remains, free to take
a stand toward these conditions; he always retains
the freedom to choose his attitude toward them. " -
From "Psychotherapy and Existentialism"
@ 2008-12-30 – 18:48:31
" At each moment the human person
is steadily molding and forging
his own character. Thus, every human
being has the chance of changing
at any instant. There is the freedom
to change, and no one should be denied
the right to make use of it. " -
From " Man's Search for Meaning "
@ 2008-11-30 – 13:25:48
" But let me make it perfectly clear
that in no way is suffering
necessary to find meaning.
I only insist that meaning is possible
even in spite of suffering-provided,
certainly, that the suffering is unavoidable.
If it were avoidable, however,
the meaningful thing to do
would be to remove its cause,
be it psychological, biological or political.
To suffer unnecessarily is masochistic
rather than heroic. " -
From " Man's Search for Meaning "
@ 2008-10-28 – 12:17:18
" The fact remains that meaning, and its perception, as seen from the logotherapeutic angle, is completely down to earth rather than afloat in the air or resident in an ivory tower. "
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From " Psychotherapy and Existentialism"
@ 2008-08-27 – 18:41:16
" Nothing helps man to survive and keep healthy
like the knowledge of a life task "
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From " The will to meaning "
@ 2008-07-23 – 19:23:46
" Man's freedom is no freedom from conditions
but rather freedom to take a stand on
whatever conditions might confront him. "
