Yes to Life
by Viktor E. Frankl
Three lectures Frankl gave in Vienna in 1946, months after liberation, published in English in 2020: on the meaning and value of life, on suffering, on responsibility. They are more raw than Man's Search for Meaning and contain the same core: life does not owe us meaning; we owe life an answer. Short, with a useful introduction by Daniel Goldman.
Read it if…
you loved Man's Search for Meaning and want more from the same moment.
Skip it if…
you have not read his main book; start there.
Three things you will actually use
- Life questions us; we answer with action.
- Suffering, when unavoidable, can still be given meaning.
- Responsibility is the ground of freedom.
Do this first
Write one concrete thing life is asking of you this week, and do it as an answer.
Our verdict
Raw and brief; a worthy companion.
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