The Spirit of Logotherapy

The aim of this paper is to adduce the meaning of Viktor Frankl's logotherapy and existential analysis—the spirit of logotherapy—in the two-fold sense of its core teachings, as well as its emphasis on the spiritual dimension of the human person. Firstly, I situate Frankl's tri-dimensional...

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Main Author: Costello, Stephen J. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2016]
In: Religions
Year: 2016, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-12
Further subjects:B tri-dimensional ontology
B Existential Analysis
B Viktor Frankl
B Plato
B Logotherapy
B Voegelin
B Spirit
B Meaning
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