Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
Dialectic Journals
1. "Man is a being that can get used to anything."
I think this means if a person is put through domething for a long enough time that they can get used to it no matter what. People in concentration camps for example were starved and beaten and made to do hard labor all day. At first the prisoner thought it impossible to do since they were sed to eating more than watery soup and a chunk a bread, but they adapted and went forward to do it. I think part of the reason for doing this is to show that they are not as weak as the Germans wanted them to be. I agree with him because people through out history have gone through some very though stuff but got used to it and succeeded in the ended.
2. "The salvation of man is through love and in love."
I think this means the only way someone can get through something as difficult as a concentration camp is knowing someone loves them on the out side of the camp or......
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