{"id":9035,"date":"2025-02-15T11:29:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T10:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/?p=9035"},"modified":"2025-02-16T09:43:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T08:43:55","slug":"viktor-frankl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/en\/viktor-frankl\/","title":{"rendered":"Inner Freedom in the Darkest Times: Viktor Frankl on the Meaning of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kqrsjv3k-08851eed9fc534297935ed9b91110769\">\n.avia-section.av-kqrsjv3k-08851eed9fc534297935ed9b91110769{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tlo-wpisy-1.jpg);\nbackground-position:0% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='blog-single-head'  class='avia-section av-kqrsjv3k-08851eed9fc534297935ed9b91110769 main_color avia-section-large avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-9035'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2ggh-c5d1f713337ddc4b975f6fdca7a71218\">\n.flex_column.av-2ggh-c5d1f713337ddc4b975f6fdca7a71218{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2ggh-c5d1f713337ddc4b975f6fdca7a71218 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kqrs9izv-b8e080c5210bcf76c3219a526e0adb39 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"breadcrumb breadcrumbs avia-breadcrumbs\"><div class=\"breadcrumb-trail\" ><span class=\"trail-before\"><span class=\"breadcrumb-title\">You are here:<\/span><\/span> <span  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\" ><span  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\" itemprop=\"itemListElement\" ><a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/en\/\" title=\"Fundacja Wolno\u015bci Gospodarczej\" rel=\"home\" class=\"trail-begin\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><span itemprop=\"position\" class=\"hidden\">1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class='flex_column_table av-g0dh-4f36952d9498e960a3a576284e50394c sc-av_one_half av-equal-height-column-flextable'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-g0dh-4f36952d9498e960a3a576284e50394c\">\n.flex_column.av-g0dh-4f36952d9498e960a3a576284e50394c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-g0dh-4f36952d9498e960a3a576284e50394c av_one_half  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><p><section  id=\"tytul-blog\"  class='av_textblock_section av-kqrus49p-eafb46462b4edffdae0608de21038c68 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" >Inner Freedom in the Darkest Times: Viktor Frankl on the Meaning of Life\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  id=\"autor-blog\"  class='av_textblock_section av-kqrtq3p8-63419a90f669a3e1e033e24a34e15d12 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Autor: Karolina Gemza<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kqrtauv5-6281bed53d96c2c9c37eb3e2e3ad779e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kqrtauv5-6281bed53d96c2c9c37eb3e2e3ad779e{\nheight:40px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kqrtauv5-6281bed53d96c2c9c37eb3e2e3ad779e hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  id=\"blok-text\"  class='av_textblock_section av-3pm1-f71415bc27e0a854a7d1f142fbabe97e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>The experiences of camp life show that man does have a choice over his own actions \u2014 this is the main idea of the book by Viktor E. Frankl, a psychiatrist who survived five years in concentration camps. In <em>Man\u2019s Search for Meaning<\/em>, Frankl explores what it truly means to take responsibility for one\u2019s own life.<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class='av-flex-placeholder'><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kqrsed4c-340fa0071fb3f34c36340679acf1058f\">\n.flex_column.av-kqrsed4c-340fa0071fb3f34c36340679acf1058f{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-kqrsed4c-340fa0071fb3f34c36340679acf1058f av_one_half  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_table_cell av-equal-height-column av-align-middle av-zero-column-padding avia-full-stretch  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kqrsen5s-bb8d04e5061913ac59ae70254116b315\">\n.avia-image-container.av-kqrsen5s-bb8d04e5061913ac59ae70254116b315 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-kqrsen5s-bb8d04e5061913ac59ae70254116b315 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-kqrsen5s-bb8d04e5061913ac59ae70254116b315 av-styling- avia-align-left  avia-builder-el-9  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-9173 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-9173 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/frankl.png\" alt='' title='frankl'  height=\"358\" width=\"714\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/frankl.png 714w, https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/frankl-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/frankl-705x353.png 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kqrsh7yw-74a80fb602aa8948a95577b3819ef166 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"col-wpisy\"><span class=\"col-one-wpis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/en\/category\/liberalism\/\" rel=\"tag\">Liberalism<\/a><\/span><span class=\"col-two-wpis\">15.02.2025<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. Autoclose: 1 --><\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-cgc1-10f3012ac45eaab232c756e15d918fe6\">\n.avia-section.av-cgc1-10f3012ac45eaab232c756e15d918fe6{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/wolnagospodarka.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/tlo_sygnet_lewa.png);\nbackground-position:0% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-cgc1-10f3012ac45eaab232c756e15d918fe6 main_color avia-section-small avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='no-repeat'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-9035'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-9flb-add633633347fc11dbcd421eac13b616\">\n.flex_column.av-9flb-add633633347fc11dbcd421eac13b616{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-9flb-add633633347fc11dbcd421eac13b616 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-12  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-88gj-9421a2ae347e00a3f2466f5d2ec24a97\">\n.flex_column.av-88gj-9421a2ae347e00a3f2466f5d2ec24a97{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-88gj-9421a2ae347e00a3f2466f5d2ec24a97 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p><section  id=\"blok-text\"  class='av_textblock_section av-4orv-42faeb4ba91ef609160e83741c216ef6 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He was 33 years old back then. With Austria under Nazi control, he faced a decision that would determine not only his fate but also that of his loved ones. He could have picked up his visa from the Consulate and fled to the United States, or he could have stayed in Vienna with his elderly parents and tried to save them from the threat of exile to a concentration camp. Staying with them, however, meant risking such a fate himself. How does one make such an impossible choice?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I weighed every argument, yet I still couldn\u2019t decide. The dilemma I faced was practically calling for some kind of \u2018divine intervention\u2019, as people say<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d, Frankl recalls in his book <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Man\u2019s Search for Meaning<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. His parents were thrilled that he had the opportunity to escape, but he remained hesitant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One day he noticed a piece of marble on the table. As it turned out, his father had found it at the site of a Viennese synagogue that was burned down by the Nazis. It was a fragment of the Decalogue tablet, with a Hebrew letter engraved, symbolizing one of the commandments. \u201cHonor thy father and thy mother\u201d. That was the moment he decided to stay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That decision wasn\u2019t supposed to be an act of heroism or sacrifice. As he would later come to understand, it was a reflection of something deeper \u2014 the discovery of his purpose and the responsibility that came with it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>PSYCHIATRIST ON THE MEANING OF LIFE AND RESPONSIBILITY<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Frankl is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist who survived five years in concentration camps, including Auschwitz. His book, however, is not about presenting harrowing memories. As he admits himself, the choice of described experiences was dictated by the desire to show that the advice included in the reading are applicable even in the most difficult, extreme conditions. In his profound lecture, Dr. Frankl takes the reader through a number of strategies for coping with difficult situations and, above all, presents the essence of searching for one&#8217;s meaning and then taking responsibility for it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What\u2019s important, the reader can use these insights not only in the most difficult circumstances, but also in everyday situations. This is the reason why the book has become one of the most influential reads in psychotherapeutic literature.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>THE MEANING OF LIFE IN EXTREME CONDITIONS<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In his book, Frankl describes camp life as a \u201cprovisional existence planned indefinitely\u201d. Indeed, the most depressing thing for the prisoners was the uncertainty of how long such an existence would continue \u2014 or if it would ever end. In the camp, the old life took on the flavor of a daydream, and for some, it irrevocably lost its meaning, as they felt that life had nothing left to offer them. Frankl, however, points out that it didn&#8217;t have to be that way at all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An active life serves the purpose of giving man the opportunity to realize values in creative work, while a passive life of enjoyment affords him the opportunity to obtain fulfillment in experiencing beauty, art, or nature<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d, Frankl explains. In concentration camps, however, prisoners were deprived of both of these values. After that, there was the only last one left. It was the man&#8217;s attitude toward his own existence. Some prisoners no longer had the strength to fight, while others managed to turn everyday experiences into mental triumphs. In order to survive, some changed their perspective from \u201cwhat life still has to offer me\u201d to \u201cwhat I can still offer in my life\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d, says Frankl.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the camp, the primary choice was whether a person would allow their inner freedom to be taken away. And while this is a huge test, Frankl says that this choice always exists.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>THE MEANING OF LIFE IS THE \u201cWHY\u201d<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Only a few prisoners of the Nazis have managed to preserve their inner freedom, but even one such example is sufficient proof that man\u2019s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate<\/span><\/em><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Frankl points out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those who have a &#8216;why&#8217; to live, can bear with almost any &#8216;how&#8217;<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d, repeats Frankl after Nietzsche in the pages of the reading. Therefore, at every opportunity the prisoners had to be reminded of their own ,,why\u201d. When a person realizes that one person cannot be replaced by another, he also notices the responsibility that comes with this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After regaining his freedom, Frankl used this method in the psychotherapy of his patients. He called it \u201clogotherapy\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>FIND YOUR PURPOSE AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Latin word finis has two meanings: the end or the finish, and a goal to reach. A man who could not see the end of his &#8220;provisional existence&#8221; was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d, Frankl notes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Experiencing a \u201cprovisional existence\u201d, however, is not only typical of concentration camp inmates. Frankl points out for example that the sick, or the unemployed, are in a similar position. A study of unemployed miners showed that they suffer from a disturbance in their internal perception of time due to lack of occupation. To explain this phenomenon, such disorders in the case of prisoners manifested themselves in the impression that a day went on forever, while a week passed in the blink of an eye. In a sense, unemployed people are also unable to think about the future or pursue any goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another example is the situation of tuberculosis patients in a sanatorium, described in the novel \u201cThe Magic Mountain\u201d written by Thomas Mann. These patients also did not know the date of their release, while at the same time persisting in their mental plight. They also experienced similar problems of their existence, detached from the future and devoid of goals they were unable to pursue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Such inmates, as well as the sick or unemployed, sink into retrospective reflections. Their attention is directed to the past instead of the unpleasant present. Meanwhile, the peculiarity of human nature is based on the fact that we are only able to live when we look to the future. Although detachment from reality helps to forget current nightmares, at the same time it makes you lose something more valuable. By wallowing in the past, it can be easy to overlook the chance to do something positive with life in the present \u2014 and there are many of these opportunities, as Frankl guarantees. When we miss them by directing our attention to the past, their place is taken by contempt for the present life and resignation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Frankl cites an example from his own camp experience, when he limped for several kilometers to his work site. Thinking about the problems of surviving another day made him feel increasingly disgusted with his life. So he tried to concentrate on something else for a change. He imagined himself standing in a huge lecture hall filled with young, curious students. He was giving a lecture on psychology in the context of a concentration camp, based on his experiences. The grim reality suddenly became an object of interesting psychological analysis, and he looked at the whole situation objectively, with interest and detachment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d, repeats Frankl after Spinoza.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>MAN IN SEARCH OF MEANING<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A person must have a purpose to live. Find your meaning, and then take responsibility for it. Regardless of the circumstances, you are always free to choose your own attitude. In the most difficult moments, use willpower to look ahead instead of looking back. These are the main thoughts coming from Viktor Frankl&#8217;s book.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It&#8217;s worth reaching for the entire reading, as the conclusions discussed in this text represent just a fraction of the valuable insights Frankl shares in the book. In addition to the chapter on camp experiences and the insights based on them, which was discussed in the review, the book has a second part \u2014 entirely devoted to logotherapy and its assumptions. Frankl addresses there such issues as the meaning of love, existential frustration, and the transitory nature of life. The two parts of the book intermingle, derive from each other and form a coherent whole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Author: Karolina Gemza, social media and communications specialist, Economic Freedom Foundation<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kr27r76b-03c7463b6654a170e87af701b30de97d\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kr27r76b-03c7463b6654a170e87af701b30de97d{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kr27r76b-03c7463b6654a170e87af701b30de97d hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2m4x-97f398721a41dafdb2dab60cdd5e80cd\">\n.flex_column.av-2m4x-97f398721a41dafdb2dab60cdd5e80cd{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2m4x-97f398721a41dafdb2dab60cdd5e80cd av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The experiences of camp life show that man does have a choice over his own actions \u2014 this is the main idea of the book by Viktor E. 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