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Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl — WisdomDeck honest review
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Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl

Frankl's late book on the unconscious religiousness of human beings: conscience, the spiritual unconscious, and the question of God in a secular age. The most philosophical of his works.

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  1. Conscience is the organ of meaning.
  2. Ultimate meaning may exceed understanding.
  3. Faith is trust in ultimate meaning.

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Frankl on the spirit.

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