“Wouldn't it suffice just to refer to decent people?”

— Viktor Frankl, Postscript 1984: The Case for a Tragic Optimism (lecture of 19 June 1983)

About Viktor Frankl

1905 – 1997

Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor who founded logotherapy. His memoir 'Man's Search for Meaning' is one of the most widely read books in the world.

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