Victor E. Frankl is known both as an internationally famous
             psychiatrist, and as the author of Man's Search for Meaning, noted as one
             of the top 10 influential books in America by a Library of Congress survey.
             Frankl's work has been widely read, and 151 books have been published
             about Frankl and his work in 15 different languages. He had received 29
             Honorary Doctorates, and lectured at 209 universities. He passed away in
             Man's Search for Meaning starts with a deeply descriptive look at
             Frankl's five-year imprisonment in Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration
             camps. The second section of his work is a detailed description of
             logotherapy, the psychotherapeutic model developed by Frankl. He sees the
             human desire for meaning and purpose in life as the fundamental driving
             force of humanity. In Man's Search for Meaning, Frankl manages to
             successfully marry an abstract psychological theory with a deeply human,
             Frankl's fundamental tenets of existentialism focus closely on the
             "will to meaning", which is simply humankind's need to find purpose and
             meaning in life. Frankl sees humankind's basic underlying motivation in
             life as the need to live a purposeful and meaningful life. Frankl embraces
             individual freedom, the subjective understanding of life, and individuality
             in his discussions about the purpose and meaning of life. As such, Frankl
             clearly considers existentialism to be valuable to the quest for wisdom.
             Frankl's comments about spiritual freedom are sometimes profound and
             insightful. In the midst of his time in the concentration camp, and forced
             into yet another day of hard labor, and fighting a deep fear of his wife's
             death and torture, he begins to understand that spiritual freedom is found
             within. Frankl writes, "A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my
             life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so
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