Tag Archives: Frankl

Ideas of the Spiritual Unconscious

Posted on February 29, 2012 by logogroup

I want to make note of a brief thought that would require a treatise or a thesis to write. I have been reading about the influence of various existential philosophers, most notably Max Scheler, on Frankl’s thought from Marshall Lewis’ … Continue reading →

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A Different Kind of Happiness

Posted on November 30, 2011 by logogroup

Here is Teria Shantall’s answer to my question presented in the post “Is the Goal to Make People Happy?” Dear Batya I think the answer to your question is to distinguish natural happiness (as an outflow of good circumstances which … Continue reading →

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The Missing Ingredient

Posted on November 16, 2011 by logogroup

Frankl didn’t intend for logotherapy to stand on its own but to supplement other theories much the same way that the spirit cannot stand on its own without the physical body, the intellect or the emotions. The spirit is not … Continue reading →

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I Think Therefore I Am Holy

Posted on November 8, 2011 by logogroup

Continuing on the topic of thinking while studying with my study partner, we read that the mind, which is physical matter, has a link to the spirit and that by thinking about what we’re doing as we’re doing it, we’re … Continue reading →

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Towards a Logotherapist’s Self-Definition

Posted on September 26, 2011 by logogroup

Someone who works with small nonprofit organizations once complained to me that organizations often struggle terribly and they would have a much easier time of it if they were to work together. Instead, every other day someone else decides to … Continue reading →

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What makes logotherapy different?

Posted on July 25, 2011 by logogroup

Meaning-centered We’re not focused on the problem but on the meaning and on the person behind the problem who is being challenged with this. We want to look at who this person is and we assume that everything that happens … Continue reading →

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Are values fixed or changing?

Posted on April 1, 2011 by logogroup

Why does Carl Rogers say that values are always changing and not rigid? Would Viktor Frankl agree with his assertion? What is the process of discovery of values? What can we learn from the infant? What is lost in contact … Continue reading →

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Happiness is passion

Posted on March 11, 2011 by logogroup

One of the questions we ask the students to answer in our logotherapy course is: “Is man basically good or evil?” This is an old philosophical question but we are asking them to answer it based on their impressions after … Continue reading →

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Is the world random or orderly?

Posted on March 2, 2011 by logogroup

The following post is submitted by one of our blog members, Haya Winiarz, in answer to a question I posed to her. Dear Haya, The question came to me: How does randomness fit with the idea of a friendly, orderly … Continue reading →

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Guilt

Posted on February 7, 2011 by logogroup

The following will be a series on the subject of guilt based on the sentence in Frankl’s book The Will to Meaning: “They learned that it was a prerogative of man to become guilty – and his responsibility to overcome … Continue reading →

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