内容简介
AprominentViennesepsychiatristbeforethewar,ViktorFranklwasuniquelyabletoobservethewaythatbothheandothersinAuschwitzcoped(ordidn't)withtheexperience.Henoticedthatitwasthemenwhocomfortedothersandwhogaveawaytheirlastpieceofbreadwhosurvivedthelongest-andwhoofferedproofthateverythingcanbetakenawayfromusexcepttheabilitytochooseourattitudeinanygivensetofcircumstances.Thesortofpersontheprisonerbecamewastheresultofaninnerdecisionandnotofcampinfluencesalone.Onlythosewhoallowedtheirinnerholdontheirmoralandspiritualselvestosubsideeventuallyfellvictimtothecamp'sdegeneratinginfluence-whilethosewhomadeavictoryofthoseexperiencesturnedthemintoaninnertriumph.Franklcametobelieveman'sdeepestdesireistosearchformeaningandpurpose.Thisoutstandingworkoffersusallawaytotranscendsufferingandfindsignificanceintheartofliving.(20030731)
作者简介
ViktorFranklwasborninViennain1905andwasProfessorofNeurologyandPsychiatryattheUniversityofViennaMedicalSchool.Hiswife,father,motherandbrotheralldiedinNaziconcentrationcamps,onlyheandhissistersurvived,butheneverlostthequalitiesofcompassion,loyalty,undauntedspiritandthirstforlife(earninghispilot'slicenceaged67).HediedinViennain1997.(20030731)