Viktor Frankl

Viktor Franklhttp://zywvut.blog.co.uk/es-EShourly82000-01-01T12:00+00:00Viktor Franklhttp://zywvut.blog.co.uk/http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/78/75265423209fefb64d2ee50e4e9beb_160x200.jpgFrom " The Doctor and the Soul "http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/10/30/from-the-doctor-and-the-soul-7274519/2009-10-30T11:52:17+01:00 <p>" <strong><span><span>In general, people are inclined to overestimate <br>the positive or negative aspects, <br>or the pleasant or unpleasant tone <br>of their experiences. In giving an exaggerated <br>importance to these aspects, they are apt <br>to cultivate an unjustified self-pity in respect to fate. </span></span></strong>"</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/10/30/from-the-doctor-and-the-soul-7274519/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" In general, people are inclined to overestimate
the positive or negative aspects,
or the pleasant or unpleasant tone
of their experiences. In giving an exaggerated
importance to these aspects, they are apt
to cultivate an unjustified self-pity in respect to fate. "

]]>From " Psicoterapia y Humanismo"http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/09/21/from-psicoterapia-y-humanismo-7012214/2009-09-21T19:32:22+02:00 <p><span>" <span><strong>El lenguaje esta apuntando siempre a algo <br>que esta mas alla de el mismo. Es siempre autotrascendente. <br>Al igual que lo es, en general, la existencia humana. <br>Es algo mas que mera autoexpresion. El ser humano <br>se dirige hacia algo o hacia alguien distinto de si mismo:<br> hacia un sentido que cumplir u otro ser humano con el que encontrarse.</strong></span> "</span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/09/21/from-psicoterapia-y-humanismo-7012214/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" El lenguaje esta apuntando siempre a algo
que esta mas alla de el mismo. Es siempre autotrascendente.
Al igual que lo es, en general, la existencia humana.
Es algo mas que mera autoexpresion. El ser humano
se dirige hacia algo o hacia alguien distinto de si mismo:
hacia un sentido que cumplir u otro ser humano con el que encontrarse. "

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]]>From "The Will to Meaning"http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/07/30/from-the-will-to-meaning-6618417/2009-07-30T16:16:18+02:00 <p><span>" <strong>Logotherapy cannot become too individualized. <br>Method must be modified from person to person <br>and also from situation to situation</strong>. "</span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/07/30/from-the-will-to-meaning-6618417/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" Logotherapy cannot become too individualized.
Method must be modified from person to person
and also from situation to situation. "

]]>From " Man's Search for Meaning "http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/05/31/from-man-s-search-for-meaning-6207799/2009-05-31T16:38:23+02:00 <p><span><strong><span>" Logotherapy focuses rather on the future, <br>that is to say, on the meanings <br>to be fulfilled by the patient in his future . "</span></strong></span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/05/31/from-man-s-search-for-meaning-6207799/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" Logotherapy focuses rather on the future,
that is to say, on the meanings
to be fulfilled by the patient in his future . "

]]>From " Man's Search for Meaning "http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/04/28/from-man-s-search-for-meaning-6023658/2009-04-28T16:28:43+02:00 <p><span>" <span><strong><span>Sometimes the frustrated will to meaning <br>is vicariously compensated for by a will to power, <br>including the most primitive form of <br>the will to power, the will to money. <br>In other cases, the place of frustrated <br>will to meaning is taken by the will to pleasure. <br>That is why existential frustration often <br>eventuates in sexual compensation.</span></strong></span> "</span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/04/28/from-man-s-search-for-meaning-6023658/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" 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 "http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/03/29/from-man-s-search-for-meaning-5853677/2009-03-29T15:59:12+02:00 <p><span>" <span><strong><span>The logotherapist's role consists <br>of widening and broadening <br>the visual field of the patient <br>so that the whole spectrum <br>of potential meaning becomes <br>conscious and visible to him.</span> </strong>"</span></span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/03/29/from-man-s-search-for-meaning-5853677/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" 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"http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/02/26/from-psychotherapy-and-existentialism-5654719/2009-02-26T16:52:28+01:00 <p><span>" <span><strong><span>Logotherapy insists that man's main concern <br>is not to seek pleasure or to avoid pain, <br>but rather to find a meaning to his life. </span></strong></span>"</span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/02/26/from-psychotherapy-and-existentialism-5654719/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" 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"http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/01/25/from-psychotherapy-and-existentialism-5442202/2009-01-25T11:31:16+01:00 <p><span>" <span>Needless to say, the freedom of a finite being <br>such as man is a freedom within limits. <br>Man is not free from conditions, be they <br>biological or psychological or sociological in nature. <br>But he is, and always remains, free to take <br>a stand toward these conditions; he always retains <br>the freedom to choose his attitude toward them.</span> "</span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2009/01/25/from-psychotherapy-and-existentialism-5442202/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" 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"http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/12/30/from-psychotherapy-and-existentialism-5299156/2008-12-30T17:48:31+01:00 <p><span>" <span><strong>At each moment the human person <br>is steadily   molding and forging <br>his own character. Thus, every human <br>being has the chance of changing <br>at any instant. There is the freedom <br>to change, and no one should be denied <br>the right   to  make use of it.</strong></span> " </span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/12/30/from-psychotherapy-and-existentialism-5299156/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" 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 "http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/11/30/from-man-s-search-for-meaning-5136760/2008-11-30T12:25:48+01:00 <p><span>" <span><strong>But let me make it perfectly clear <br>that in no way is suffering <br><em>necessary </em>to find meaning. <br> I only insist that meaning is possible <br>even in spite of suffering-provided, <br>certainly, that the suffering is unavoidable. <br> If it <em>were </em>avoidable, however, <br>the meaningful thing to do <br>would be to remove its cause, <br>be it psychological, biological or political. <br>To suffer unnecessarily is masochistic <br>rather than heroic.</strong> </span>" </span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/11/30/from-man-s-search-for-meaning-5136760/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" 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 "http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/10/28/from-man-s-search-for-meaning-4944225/2008-10-28T11:17:18+01:00 <p><span><span>" The fact remains that meaning, and its perception, as seen from the logotherapeutic angle, is completely down to earth rather<span> </span>than afloat in the air or resident in an ivory tower. "</span></span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/10/28/from-man-s-search-for-meaning-4944225/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" 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. "

]]>From " Psychotherapy and Existentialism"http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/08/27/from-psychotherapy-and-existentialism-4644685/2008-08-27T16:41:16+02:00 <p>" Nothing helps man to survive and keep healthy <br>like the knowledge of a life task "<br><br> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/08/27/from-psychotherapy-and-existentialism-4644685/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" Nothing helps man to survive and keep healthy
like the knowledge of a life task "

]]>From " The will to meaning "http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/07/23/from-aquot-the-will-to-meaning-aquot-4489082/2008-07-23T17:23:46+02:00 <p>" Man's freedom is no freedom from conditions <br>but rather freedom to take a stand on <br>whatever conditions might confront him. "</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/07/23/from-aquot-the-will-to-meaning-aquot-4489082/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" Man's freedom is no freedom from conditions
but rather freedom to take a stand on
whatever conditions might confront him. "

]]>From " Man's search for meaning "http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/06/22/from-aquot-man-s-search-for-meaning-aquo-4347359/2008-06-22T13:59:21+02:00 <p>" I would strictly deny that one's search for a meaning to his existence, <br>or even his doubt of it, in every case is derived from, or results in, <br>any disease. Existential frustration is in itself neither pathological nor pathogenic."</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/06/22/from-aquot-man-s-search-for-meaning-aquo-4347359/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" I would strictly deny that one's search for a meaning to his existence,
or even his doubt of it, in every case is derived from, or results in,
any disease. Existential frustration is in itself neither pathological nor pathogenic."

]]>From " Psychotherapy and Existentialism"http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/05/28/from-psychotherapy-and-existentialism-4238843/2008-05-28T16:49:43+02:00 <p>" As logotherapy teaches, human freedom is in no way a freedom from conditions but rather the freedom to take a stand towards conditions. Therefore, choosing a stand toward suffering means exerting freedom "</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/05/28/from-psychotherapy-and-existentialism-4238843/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" As logotherapy teaches, human freedom is in no way a freedom from conditions but rather the freedom to take a stand towards conditions. Therefore, choosing a stand toward suffering means exerting freedom "

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]]>From " Man's search for meaning "http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/03/27/from-man-s-search-for-meaning-3952155/2008-03-27T19:12:47+01:00 <p>" Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find <br>the right   answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks <br>which it constantly   sets for each individual. " </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/03/27/from-man-s-search-for-meaning-3952155/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find
the right   answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks
which it constantly   sets for each individual. "

]]>From " Man's search for meaning "http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/02/29/from-man-s-search-for-meaning-3797663/2008-02-29T16:14:10+01:00 <p><span>" Once an individual's </span><span><span>search </span><span>for a meaning </span></span> <span>is successful, it not only </span><span>renders him happy </span> <span>but also gives him </span><span>the capability to cope </span> <span><span>with suffering "</span></span> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/02/29/from-man-s-search-for-meaning-3797663/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" Once an individual's search for a meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering "

]]>From " Psychotherapy and Existentialism"http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/01/29/from_psychotherapy_and_existentialism~3650264/2008-01-29T17:20:01+01:00 <p>" In former days, people frustrated in their will to meaning would probably have turned to a pastor, priest, or rabbi.<br>Today, they crowd clinics and offices. " </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2008/01/29/from_psychotherapy_and_existentialism~3650264/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" In former days, people frustrated in their will to meaning would probably have turned to a pastor, priest, or rabbi.
Today, they crowd clinics and offices. "

]]>From " Psicoterapia y Humanismo "http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/12/30/from_psicoterapia_y_humanismo~3506343/2007-12-30T12:47:48+01:00 <p>" El presente es la frontera <br>entre la irrealidad del futuro <br>y la eterna realidad del pasado " </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/12/30/from_psicoterapia_y_humanismo~3506343/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" El presente es la frontera
entre la irrealidad del futuro
y la eterna realidad del pasado "

]]>From " Psychotherapy and Existentialism"http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/11/27/from_psychotherapy_and_existentialism~3359414/2007-11-27T14:16:46+01:00 <p>" When we speak of meaning, however, we should not disregard the fact that man does not fulfill the meaning of his existence merely by his creative endeavors and experiential encounters, or by working and loving. We must not overlook the fact that there are also tragic experiences inherent in human life, above all that 'tragic triad'- if I may use this term-which is represented by the primordial facts of man's existence: suffering, guilt, and transitoriness."</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/11/27/from_psychotherapy_and_existentialism~3359414/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" When we speak of meaning, however, we should not disregard the fact that man does not fulfill the meaning of his existence merely by his creative endeavors and experiential encounters, or by working and loving. We must not overlook the fact that there are also tragic experiences inherent in human life, above all that 'tragic triad'- if I may use this term-which is represented by the primordial facts of man's existence: suffering, guilt, and transitoriness."

]]>From " Man's search for meaning "http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/10/21/from_man_s_search_for_meaning~3172494/2007-10-21T18:06:45+02:00 <p>" Humor was another of the soul's weapons <br>in the fight for self-preservation. "</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/10/21/from_man_s_search_for_meaning~3172494/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" Humor was another of the soul's weapons
in the fight for self-preservation. "

]]>From " Psicoterapia y Humanismo "http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/09/11/from_psicoterapia_y_humanismo~2962604/2007-09-11T15:45:51+02:00 <p>" Las cosas se determinan mutuamente. <br>Un ser humano no es <br>una cosa mas entre otras cosas. <br>El hombre se determina a si mismo. <br>Decide si se deja o no determinar, <br>ya sea por los impulsos e instintos <br>que le empujan, o bien por <br>las razones y los sentidos que le atraen."</p> <p> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/09/11/from_psicoterapia_y_humanismo~2962604/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" Las cosas se determinan mutuamente.
Un ser humano no es
una cosa mas entre otras cosas.
El hombre se determina a si mismo.
Decide si se deja o no determinar,
ya sea por los impulsos e instintos
que le empujan, o bien por
las razones y los sentidos que le atraen."

]]>From " Man's search for meaning "http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/08/08/from_man_s_search_for_meaning~2776166/2007-08-08T17:35:31+02:00 <p>" Of course, there may be some cases in which an individual's concern with values is really a camouflage of hidden inner conflicts; but, if so, they represent the exceptions from the rule rather than the rule itself. "</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/08/08/from_man_s_search_for_meaning~2776166/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" Of course, there may be some cases in which an individual's concern with values is really a camouflage of hidden inner conflicts; but, if so, they represent the exceptions from the rule rather than the rule itself. "

]]>From " Psychotherapy and Existentialism"http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/07/16/from_psychotherapy_and_existentialism~2646008/2007-07-16T17:26:42+02:00 <p>" 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."</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/07/16/from_psychotherapy_and_existentialism~2646008/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" 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"http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/06/19/from_psychotherapy_and_existentialism~2481964/2007-06-19T17:40:23+02:00 <p>" It is a tenet of logotherapy that meaning can be found in life not only through acting or through experiencing values <br>but also through suffering..." </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/06/19/from_psychotherapy_and_existentialism~2481964/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p>" It is a tenet of logotherapy that meaning can be found in life not only through acting or through experiencing values
but also through suffering..."

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]]>From " Psychotherapy and Existentialism"http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/04/19/from_psychotherapy_and_existentialism~2121987/2007-04-19T16:54:04+02:00 <p> " We have seen that there exists not only a will to pleasure and a will to power but also a will to meaning. " </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://zywvut.blog.co.uk/2007/04/19/from_psychotherapy_and_existentialism~2121987/#comments">LIGA URL</a> </small> </p> " We have seen that there exists not only a will to pleasure and a will to power but also a will to meaning. "

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