The Power to Choose
Presenter:
Wisdom for Life
Time:
6:35
Summary
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (who was a professor in neurology and psychiatry) is one of the most powerful books I’ve ever read. The book chronicles Viktor Frankl’s experiences as an Auschwitz concentration camp inmate during WWII. During his time in camp, he is tortured, beaten, worked to the brink of death, not given enough food or proper clothes/shoes during freezing temperatures. He was subjected to vermin, frost bitten toes, and edema. He paints a truly a horrific existence of his day to day camp life. Daily, people dropped dead all around him (from disease and starvation) and are executed for no reason at all. His mother, father, brother, and wife were all killed in the camps. With all this in mind, how could he find life worth preserving?
Transcript
What is going on, guys? Today’s video is on the book Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Viktor Frankl was a professor of neurology and psychiatry, and this is probably one of the most influential books I've ever read. The book chronicles Victor Frankl's experiences as an Auschwitz concentration camp inmate during World War II, and during his time in camp, he's tortured, he’s beaten, he’s worked to the brink of death, not given enough food, or proper clothing, or shoes during freezing temperatures. He's subjected to vermin, frostbitten toes, and edema.
He paints a truly horrific existence of his day-to-day camp life. Daily, people drop dead all around him from disease and starvation and are executed for no reason at all. His mother, father, brother, and wife were all killed in the camps. You know, with all this in mind, how could he find life worth preserving?