: Frankl provides a "psychological essay" detailing his experiences as a prisoner (number 119,104) in Nazi death camps, including Auschwitz. Rather than focusing solely on the atrocities, he analyzes the mental states of prisoners through three phases: Shock : The initial trauma of arrival and internmet.
: Frankl introduces his psychotherapeutic method, Logotherapy (from the Greek logos for "meaning"). This "Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy" posits that the primary motivational force in humans is not pleasure or power, but the will to meaning . Key Philosophical Pillars Frankl identified three ways to discover meaning in life: El hombre en busca de sentido - Viktor E. Frankl
: He observed that prisoners who had a "why" to live for—whether a loved one to return to or a work to complete—were more likely to survive. Where to Find the Book : Frankl provides a "psychological essay" detailing his
: "Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way". This "Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy" posits that
