Self-Transcendence as the Path to Virtue, Happiness and Meaning

Self-Transcendence as the Path to Virtue, Happiness and Meaning

Abstract In my last presentation (Wong, 2015), I introduced Viktor Frankl’s concept of the meaning dimension as a necessary spiritual orientation for the good life of virtue, happiness, and meaning. I proposed that meaning mindset (Wong, 2012a) represents the...
Logotherapy (SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal & Clinical Psychology)

Logotherapy (SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal & Clinical Psychology)

Logotherapy, founded by neurologist, psychiatrist, and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl (1905-1997), literally means “therapy through meaning.” It rests on three inter-related pillars—freedom of will, will to meaning, and meaning of life—and its main contribution to...