Victor Frankl Flashcards
What was Victor Frankl known for?
Logotherapy
Frankl’s definition of responsibility
the ability to respond to one’s self, one’s choices and the consequences
Frankl’s view on the meaning of life
The meaning of life is defined by the given moment
Define Will to Meaning
Striving to find a meaning in one’s life. The primary, most powerful motivating and driving force in humans.
How is meaning to life found
It is detected: it already lives inside of us
How do we detect our meaning?
through the pull of our values
What is one freedom that cannot be taken away?
to choose ones attitude in a set of circumstances
Define existential frustration
Occurs when will to meaning is frustrated; neither pathological or pathogenic
Define existential vacuum
loss of feeling that life is meaningful
Why does boredom exist?
Exists that we may escape inactivity and do justice to the meaning of life
Define ‘Sunday neurosis’
depression due to lack of content in one’s life, made manifest once the work week is over.
What is the existential vacuum often masked by?
Will to power and will to pleasure
Three ways to discover meaning in life
- Doing a deed
- Experiencing a value
- By suffering
What is the formula for despair?
Suffering - meaning
What are the three levels humans live on?
Somantic, Mental, Spiritual
