Man's Search for Meaning

[Gregp]

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He who has a why to live for can survival almost any how.

Nietsche

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl survived the nazi camps and wrote the book: Man's Search for Meaning

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A wish to find and forfill meaning is the basic motivation of human beings.

True??

Edited May 29, 2021 by Gregp

[blackchair]

true, Great book

[Gregp]

But this forum is all about deconstruction and inner nihilism. It seems like exactly the opposite.

Edited May 29, 2021 by Gregp

[r0ckyreed]

It’s a paradox. To live a meaningful life, you also need to realize the meaningless of life. In the same way that you don’t know what true freedom is until you have it taken away like Frankl did. Frankl’s meaning and freedom came from meaninglessness and imprisonment. For you cannot fully understand one without context of the other.

Its not about one perspective of nihilism vs self-actualization. They are both true and there is no problem with that. Meaning comes from meaninglessness. You are free to construct any meaning you want when you realize nihilism is true. If you think God creates the meaning for you, then you aren’t really free to create your own meaning unless you deconstruct beliefs and identities of your old self. You are constructing reality right now. Enjoy it.