Tag: Freud

  • The Age of Nothing: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God

    The Age of Nothing: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God

    Humans have been attempting to orientate themselves in the universe for millennia. Once our physical needs of food, water and shelter are met, we tend to pursue the higher goal of living a good or meaningful life. Some try to master this art of living intuitively, but others seek to formalise and classify experience to…

  • Viktor Frankl – Man’s Search for Meaning

    Viktor Frankl – Man’s Search for Meaning

    Viktor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist and neurologist, was interned in a number of concentration camps during World War II, including the infamous Auschwitz. His parents and young wife were also interned, though Frankl was the only member of his family who survived long enough to see freedom. Man’s Search for Meaning is, in part, a…