The Doctor and the Soul
by Viktor E. Frankl
Frankl's systematic logotherapy, written before and after the camps: meaning in work, love and suffering, the psychology of neurosis, and the meaning of death. More clinical than Man's Search for Meaning and the fuller statement.
Read it if…
you want the theory behind Man's Search for Meaning.
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Skip it if…
you want the memoir's power; this is a treatise.
Try instead: The Will to Meaning →
Three things you will actually use
- Meaning through creating, experiencing, and attitude.
- Suffering has meaning when it is unavoidable.
- The will to meaning is primary.
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Read the chapter on the meaning of suffering.
Our verdict
The full logotherapy.
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