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> In this view he disagreed with and distinguished himself from those existentialists who held that life was meaningless. I don’t think of a disagreement in th
by dan00 7y ago
> In this view he disagreed with and distinguished himself from those existentialists who held that life was meaningless.
I don’t think of a disagreement in this regard, because even if there’s objectively no meaning in life, it doesn’t mean that there’s also no subjective meaning.
I think that was the whole point of Frankl, how you can find and develop this subjective meaning.
- uoaei 7y agoNihilism, after all the "nothing is real" hemming and hawing, is a free pass to define life how you want to. It aligns closely with Eastern traditions along these lines.
- ramblerman 7y agonihilism does not just say "nothing is real"! It says nothing is real so everything is pointless. They might share the base premise, but it's a pretty important distinction.