Internationally renowned psychiatrist, Viktor E. Frankl, endured years of unspeakable horror in Nazi death camps. During, and partly because of, his suffering, Dr. Frankl developed a revolutionary approach to psychotherapy known as logotherapy. At the core of his theory is the belief that man's primary motivational force is his search for meaning.

Man's Search for Meaning is more than a story of Viktor E. Frankl's triumph: it is a remarkable blend of science and humanism and an introduction to the most significant psychological movement of our day.

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4 hours and 44 minutes
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Viktor E. Frankl
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Simon Vance
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13 October 2004
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English
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Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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1441703721
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Listening Length	4 hours and 44 minutes
Author	Viktor E. Frankl
Narrator	Simon Vance
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Audible.com.au Release Date	13 October 2004
Publisher	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	1441703721
Best Sellers Rank	2,751 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 60 in Philosophy (Audible Books & Originals) 111 in Philosophy (Books) 214 in Psychology

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Deborah

A great inspiration at this time of COVID19

Reviewed in Australia on 12 April 2020

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It’s Easter 2020 and like so many others across the globe during the COVID19 pandemic I am locked away in my home trying to stay safe and keep others safe. Finding meaning in my isolation and separation from family and friends is probably one of the most important aspects to my mental wellbeing right now. Victor Frankl found meaning during his time in the death camps of Auschwitz and Dachau, surviving and ultimately thriving.
While I and my fellow companions around the globe may not all be faced with such challenges, Frankl’s work has helped me find great meaning and purpose in my life during these times of uncertainty and fear.

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Truth Devour

Phenomenal Insight

Reviewed in Australia on 7 November 2019

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The insight of the behaviours observed and personally experienced by Viktor as a survivor of the holocaust is truly thought provoking. It is a miracle that anyone managed to survive such exposure to horrific conditions.

Viktor's views and psychological assessments run deep from a raw place. His insights resonant with me. It was an humbling to read his book.

We are stronger than we realise.

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Joel M

One of the best books I've ever read

Reviewed in Australia on 24 May 2018

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Truly one of the best books I've ever read!.

This is not a personal memoir or autobiography at all. The way Viktor Frankl explains his experience in the Holocaust is truly incredible as he talks about it from a purely physiological perspective.

I think this book is relevant to everyone in the world as the main message is that we cannot influence the negative things that happen in our life, however we can influence the way we react to them. Whilst I feel most people know this anyway, hearing it come from one of the most impressive doctors in history following his own shocking experience really brings home the message

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Olivia O

Theory brought to life

Reviewed in Australia on 7 April 2022

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I studied psychology, and found it continually frustrating to learn about psychological theories in absence of real examples and applied context. This book fills that gap perfectly, despite the real example being one so horrific and unspeakable that it is at times deeply troubling to digest. Frankl is an optimist, and this shines through, in a compelling, thoughtful and convincing way. His observations on human nature and our reasons for being gave me hope, and even clarity on my own search for meaning.

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Fred Jamison

The importance of finding meaning

Reviewed in Australia on 6 June 2019

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My wife loved this book and is lending it to her friends. I did notice recently a sports star referenced the author Victor Frankl on dealing with his major injuries.

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Frankl's is a Auschwitz survivor who has taken experiences of the Holocaust to help him (and maybe you) learn that even in the direst of circumstances we still search for meaning in life.

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Maruko

Great book helps me understand more about human

Reviewed in Australia on 12 June 2022

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The book itself is a bit small, actual size and thickness, but the content is worth the read. The depth of its analysis on human's reaction in suffering is mind opening. Help me understand more about human in suffering also gives me insights to support others. Great book.

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Graci M.

Brilliant!!!

Reviewed in Australia on 8 February 2019

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A book I'd be reading all over again. I heard this book when I was watching a motivational video in YouTube. I went to amazon and checked out if there's a copy. As soon as I started reading this book I couldn't stop turning the page. I would definitely recommend this book. My words are not enough to tell you how much I needed this book right now. It gave me a wider perspective on what's happening in my life. Purchase this book and you'll never regret.

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Samuel grove

Tiny print.. over priced at $35

Reviewed in Australia on 9 February 2021

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Smallest book in history, way too small to read. Tiny print!!!

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freak_Redefined

Must Read

Reviewed in India on 29 June 2018

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THIS BOOK REVIEW IS ONLY BASED ON MY FEELINGS DURING READING THE BOOK. IT DOES NOT INTENT TO HURT ANYONE’S FEELINGS, AND DOES NOT MEANT TO COMPARE WITH ANY OTHER REVIEWER’S FEELINGS.
Well writing a review for this kind of extraordinary book is a big audacity for me. however here I’m, trying to give some brief review of the book.

The book is basically divided into three parts, the first one describes the way the Jews prisoners were treated in the Nazi Concentration Camps and how their lifestyle was. In the second part, the author described the basics of Logotherapy, a way of treatment of the Psychotherapeutic Patients. And finally, in the third part, he described what he actually meant by Man’s Search for meaning.

Being a Jew, the author was transferred to the Auschwitz, Dachau and other concentration camps during the Nazi occupation in Austria. Here, in the first part of the book, the author described his days in those concentration camps, where is were no chance of seeing the morning sun in the next day. And this happened every day. He described the way the SS guards used to treat the prisoners, the corruption prevailed in the camps, the malnutrition, the lifestyle of the camp Jews etc. The way he described the tortures the prisoners suffered, would surely bring tears to your eyes. During his description, he also pointed out the psychological condition of the other comrades in those camps. When most of the prisoners lost all hope of his life, some of them still kept the faith, that good days were coming.

In the second part, the author basically described the Logotherapy Techniques. And the most interesting part of the book is the third part. Here the author describes “Man’s search for meaning”. We, the human beings on this planet are living for a purpose. Until & unless we can’t find the purpose of our life, there is no reason for us to be here alive. Most of the prisoners in the camps lost all of their hopes and then died because they lost their purpose, as per the author. It is a must-read book for all I think.

The book also consists of few life-changing quotes which I liked in the book and would like to share:

1. For success, like happiness, can’t be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.

2. There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have none to lose.

3. Suffering completely fills the human soul and conscious mind, no matter whether the suffering is great of little. Therefore the ‘size’ of human suffering is absolutely relative.

4. No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.

5. The human being is completely and unavoidably influenced by his surroundings.

6. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life can’t be completed

7. Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.

8. There is no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.

9. A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the “why” for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any ” how”.

10. The body has fewer inhibitions than the mind.

11. No one has the right to do wrong, not even if wrong has been done to them.

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Diksha Suman (@beingsheblog)

The most beautiful book I have ever read.

Reviewed in India on 5 July 2018

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The book says, ‘The Classic tribute to hope from Holocaust’. And Sir Frankl was a “Holocaust survivor".

This book has two parts:
1.Experiences in a Concentration Camp.
2.Logotherapy in a Nutshell

The second part is so impactful and unique that you will re-read this book. The first part mainly is the autobiographical account of Sir, Frankl and the best part is both parts mutually support their credibility.
The way he has poured all the pain in this book is not so easy and that too after experiencing it, I was literally shocked because firstly, I was unaware of the term “Holocaust”, maybe I have read before somewhere in History but I was unaware while reading and Secondly, I had never come across something like this.

He has talked about everything related to life in this book and you know what the best part is even after so much pain, I felt sad but I wasn’t demotivated, I could relate it and with each page-turning, what I found was ‘I am into the book’, suffering all this but I wasn’t tackling all the worst situation in my life as he did.
Suddenly I started understanding that what life is? what suffering is? and what surviving is? and where am I lacking?

So, in another way, I discovered the answer to three most important questions which I wanted to be answered since maturity.

I came across a new word “Logotherapy” and I loved that section so much that I will re-read this book.
In one line, I learned a lot from this book, which I can further practice to live a peaceful and beautiful life ahead. And this what makes this book worth reading.

292 people found this helpful

Sean E. Nash

Wisdom from the furnace of affliction

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 August 2017

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Very moving book, in a kind of Dith Pran way... he is clearly mentally resilient and robust to find a way of dealing with the harsh conditions of a slaughter camp called Auschwitz, without being dehumanised. Two quotes really moved me " if you can understand the why in your suffering, you can find the how in your suffering". And after being released in 1945, although depersonalised by the awful conditions there, 3 weeks later he was able to say" I give thanks to God who has led me to a spacious place".. He reluctantly agreed to write a script which as we know became this book.
Anyone who feels their life has no meaning or purpose, as our society has become increasingly Dickensian in the last 10 years, will find hope, as I did, to motivate myself to lead a fuller life, in spite of some of life's setbacks. I feel a winner, now, and am grateful for a special mentor who gave me her copy to learn wisdom.... I bought my own copy, as above to refer to it in times of stress. Other than that, it is a great read, which casts an objective eye on a period of history, some would rather forget.

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Z. M. Snarey

A wonderful book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 June 2018

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This is wonderful book, inspiring and wise. My uncle was taken by the Nazis and was almost dead due to typhus when the camp at Dachau was liberated. He was discovered in a heap of bodies by a doctor who noticed a flicker of his eyelids. He was taken to hospital in Budapest and survived until 1967. This book gave me an insight into what he must have suffered. He never complained was always cheerful and full of mischief. The second half of the book about logotherapy is also very interesting and worth reading.

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Caitlin Cockcroft

Touching on an understanding of what is left when you strip a person to their bones

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 December 2018

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I knew that this book would be affecting and impactful, but I hadn’t actually realised how. I thought it would be a traumatic read, overly empathic response, too immersed in the emotive horrors.

But actually it’s a detached prose (insofar as a scientist who lives his unchosen experiment can write) which signifies the importance of finding meaning in life.

It’s like a really visual, visceral reminder that we can survive anything if we choose to. If we have our attitude reframed or we do it ourselves. If we see purpose or meaning in suffering, we cannot die.

Quite a profound read that gave rise to new thinkings and questionings in my head, and which I intend to follow for my own personal development and flourishing but also as a path to teach others.

Thank you, for going through it, sharing it, understanding it.

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