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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I want to read this again, with other to discuss it. It was a light read, with a lot to chew on. Will revisit. Interesting to hear about the mindset of people imprisoned in a concentration camp.
reflective
fast-paced
There were good things and bad things in here. The good, that we should all embrace life and that every life is meaningful. The bad, well, it’s a bit complicated. But essentially, that we should all shoulder a responsibility for the world and that we need education (good propaganda) to teach us how. He mixed up personal and worldly responsibility constantly. So that they could not be pulled apart. I think individual responsibility is far better and more powerful. Otherwise we all just become activists hellbent on controlling others. So… this isn’t his best work, and considering that this was fresh off from when he was liberated, I can tell, because it reads a bit bitter mixed in with an euphoric spirit for the future. Also, the introduction was absolute garbage! He took the worst parts of the book and highlighted them as good. Which goes to show my point. Educational “good” propaganda, used to keep people in line for a moral responsibility, for the collective good (this is sounding like communism!), is not going to benefit society, but swing it back into tyranny. For my sarcastic comment: I guess all Germans think the same, just depends on who’s pointing the gun… Anyway, Man’s Search for Meaning is a great book. And I suggest you read that one rather than this one.
inspiring
reflective
If I could be a little bit more like any person in the world, it would be Viktor Frankl
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Hate crime, Suicide, Antisemitism
This book is largely a repetition of Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning." I felt, however, that this book helped to expand my understanding of the applicability of his ideas to other important concepts.
The book consists of several lectures Frankl gave after his release from the camp. Not that our current experience is the same - but it does have elements of suffering that we can’t control, it is prolonged, of uncertain duration. How do we find meaning in this ? This book is full of nuggets to help me get through. “The meaning of life consists in no small part in how we relate to our external fate” and “true suffering of an authentic fate is an achievement - indeed, the highest possible achievement”. Essential pandemic reading
Fairly good. Quick read.
The writing is very reminiscent of CS Lewis, which wasn't present in MSFM.
3.5/5
The writing is very reminiscent of CS Lewis, which wasn't present in MSFM.
3.5/5
informative
inspiring
fast-paced