What Viktor Frankl thinks about optimism

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Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (1905 to 1997) and Holocaust survivor who founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy that treats the search for meaning as the central human motivation.

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3 dated positions, c. 1972 to c. 1946–1992, in their own words. Our reading of what Viktor Frankl has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1946–1992

   Our readingA prisoner who lost faith in his own future was doomed

   Their wordsThe prisoner who had lost faith in the future - his future - was doomed.

   ↗Man's Search for Meaning (Beacon Press, 2006 edition; Part One tr. Ilse Lasch)books.google.com All 21 from this book

3. c. 1972

   Our readingBeing idealistic about people is how one ends up a true realist

   Their wordswe have to be idealists in a way because then we'll wind up as the true the real realist

   ↗Why believe in others (Toronto Youth Corps, 1972; published by TED)youtube.com 1st of 2 in this recording

5. c. 1972

   Our readingPresupposing a spark of the search for meaning even in a delinquent draws it out and helps them become what they can be

   Their wordsa spark of search for meaning let's recognize this let's presuppose it and then you will elicit it from him and you will make him become what he in principle is capable of becoming

   ↗Why believe in others (Toronto Youth Corps, 1972; published by TED)youtube.com 2nd of 2 in this recording