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A review by nancf
Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything by Viktor E. Frankl
2.0
Perhaps it was just my (darkish) mood, perhaps i read too quickly, skipping over important parts, but Yes to Life didn't give me what I needed at the moment. While I can admire Frankl's story, I am not sure that I agree that suffering adds meaning to life. I'm not even sure that every life has meaning, though I hope that it does. The examples cited including Frankl's own experiences, are, to me, exceptional, not the norm.
"Propaganda,...relies on not just lies and misinformation but alos on distorted negative stereotypes, inflammatory terms, and other such tricks to manipulate people's opinions and beliefs in the service of some ideological agenda."
(5) [from Introduction by Daniel Goleman 2020)
"We give life meaning not only through our actions but also through loving and, finally, through suffering. Because how human beings deal with the limitation of their possibilities regarding how it affects their actions and their ability to love, how they behave under these restrictions - in all of this they still remain capable of fulfilling human values." (39) [I need to ponder this one more...]
"So we can see that illness does not necessarily involve a loss of meaning, an impoverishment in meaning of our existence; but depending on the possibilities, it is always something meaningful." (62)
"Propaganda,...relies on not just lies and misinformation but alos on distorted negative stereotypes, inflammatory terms, and other such tricks to manipulate people's opinions and beliefs in the service of some ideological agenda."
(5) [from Introduction by Daniel Goleman 2020)
"We give life meaning not only through our actions but also through loving and, finally, through suffering. Because how human beings deal with the limitation of their possibilities regarding how it affects their actions and their ability to love, how they behave under these restrictions - in all of this they still remain capable of fulfilling human values." (39) [I need to ponder this one more...]
"So we can see that illness does not necessarily involve a loss of meaning, an impoverishment in meaning of our existence; but depending on the possibilities, it is always something meaningful." (62)