On pg 76 of Man's Search for Meaning, Frankl quotes Nietzsche who says, "He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how." What does this statement mean? Explain how Frankl was able to develop this insight from the initial shock through apathy and to the cultivation of an inner world.
Thesis: According to Nietzsches quote, a person who has a purpose in their life can push through and overcome any suffering that gets in the way of the purpose. [shock --> apatahy --> cultivation of internal world --> what did he cultivate and what did he find --> insight]
HOW HIS EXPERIENCES LED TO FRANKL'S INSIGHT
This quote can be the motto for the psychotherapeutic, and psychogenic efforts that regard the prisoners. When the prisoners were given the opportunity of good, they needed to strengthen themselves t]by bearing g through the terrible reality
The tasks of life are defined unique to everyone
Life is something very real, and the tasks in life forms are each person's destiny
No ones destiny will ever be the same
When destiny is met with suffering, that has to be accepted as one of the tasks in life
Our attitude determines our outlook on life whether we think positive or negative
Life is not we expected from it, but what our life expects from us
Instead of asking what the meaning of life is, we need to find our own meaning
Life is our own responsibility
The ones who saw no more purpose in their lives, and no more point tp live were lost. They could not find their meaning
They had nothing to expect anymore
How did the THREE PHASES OF THE CAMP influence his insight?
How did the cultivation of his internal world set him up for his insight?
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How did his experience of shock and apathy set him up for his insight?
MP: Shock --> Apathy
Apathy
Shock
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WHAT DOES NIETZSCHE'S QUOTE MEAN?
According to Nietzsches quote, a person who has a purpose in their life can push through and overcome any suffering that gets in the way of the purpose.
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