Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor, who founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy that describes a search for a life's meaning as the central human motivational force. Logotherapy is part of existential and humanistic psychology theories.
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- Born in
- Vienna
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
- Awards
- 🏆 Austrian Decoration for Science and Art🏆 Ehrenpreis des österreichischen Buchhandels für Toleranz in Denken und Handeln🏆 Ring of Honour of the City of Vienna🏆 Oskar Pfister Award🏆 Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Trending topics shown first"Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still ali…"
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1905
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