A quote by Viktor E. Frankl
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A quote by Viktor E. Frankl
The desire for meaning. Viktor Frankl was right when he contended with Sigmund Freud, insinuating that the chief desire of man is not pleasure but meaning. In fact, in his book Man’s Search for Meaning, Frankl argued convincingly that man was actually most tempted to distract himself with pleasure when his life was void of meaning.1 So how do we of
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“When a man can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” — Viktor Frankl
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