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Viktor Frankl
2007/08/02,20:15

Moved by the quote that I posted yesterday, "A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the "why" for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any "how." ", I googled for its author and ended up learning about Viktor Frankl from Wikipedia.

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I find the below information about him to be very interesting. 

During his tenure at the president of the Sozialistische Mittelschüler Österreich, not a single Vienese student committed suicide.

Even while being in the concentrion camp after losing his parents and wife, he persisted in his attempts to cure fellow prisoners from depression and prevented suicides.

His experiences in those camps helped him to arrive at the conclusion that life has a potential meaning despite one being in a painful and dehumanized situation and formed the basis for his logotherapy ( logo - 'greek' - means reason )

He once recommended that the Statue of Liberty on the East coast of the US be complemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West coast, and there are plans to construct such a statue by 2010.

Thanks to Wikipedia for this information and picture. More details about Viktor Frankl and his works can be read from wikipedia.

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