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3562 sats \ 22 comments \ @carlosfandango 16 Jan BooksAndArticles freebie

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156 sats \ 3 replies \ @elvismercury 16 Jan

One of the wisest and most beautiful books ever written, I think. Hugely influential.

93 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 16 Jan

Also: this is an interesting use case to see what the improved "related posts" feature turns up.

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31 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 16 Jan

Diving Bell is another gut punch. Damn was that powerful.

93 sats \ 1 reply \ @Fabs 16 Jan

Yeah, no. It's not my sort of book.

I don't like the style of writing, nor the words used and it's written fairly academic as well in my opinion, simply doesn't work for me.

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96 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 16 Jan

Such an incredible book. I haven't read it in so many years. I need to pick it up again.

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52 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei 16 Jan

I devoured your review. The question that comes to my mind is, why hasn’t the term ‘logotherapy’ become mainstream yet? It sounds a bit similar to the Japanese word, ikigai, which means living according to one’s life purpose. I have heard of Viktor and his sufferings before, but “logotherapy” is something TIL

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 16 Jan

why hasn’t the term ‘logotherapy’ become mainstream yet?

'Mainstream' is a high bar for a term of art, but in counselling psychology I'd say that most people know what it is. Also keep in mind that this is now, what, sixty years old? So pieces of this migrate elsewhere. In modern therapeutic traditions, meaning-making is a significant part of it.

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73 sats \ 7 replies \ @siggy47 16 Jan

My memory is fading as I get older, but this book sticks with me even though I actually read it 50 years ago in high school. Damn, I'm old. Great writeup, as usual. Thanks.

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63 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 16 Jan

Yes it was. Everyone in school had to read it.

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52 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 16 Jan

That was required reading also. I believe it was required for a younger student.

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52 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 16 Jan

Same school, we visited Dachau when I was 15. Horrifying.

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 16 Jan

Have a long plane right coming up. Just downloaded will give it a shot.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 16 Jan

On my list to read. My wife read it and recommends it.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @orthwyrm 16 Jan

On the average, only those prisoners could keep alive who, after years of trekking from camp to camp, had lost all scruples in their fight for existence; they were prepared to use every means, honest and otherwise, even brutal force, theft, and betrayal of their friends, in order to save themselves. We who have come back, by the aid of many lucky chances or miracles - whatever one may choose to call them - we know: the best of us did not return.

Haunting.