2014 Personality Lecture 11: Existentialism: Viktor Frankl

Viktor Frankl, a psychiatrist, wrote the famous book Man's Search for Meaning, a description of his experiences in the Nazi concentration camps, in an attempt to describe the need for a profound and meaningful life.
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OMG sounds like we experienced the same realisations in two different moments i wanted to live by thoughts and creeds that were not mine , wanted to fit my mind in their confines , but as JP said it , it doesnt take everything into account regarding your whole personality , i really felt it when u said it became a source of conflict in my head , because and as JP said it i can feel this kind of falsehood being that im trying to live up to , sometimes i do something or think in some way or feel something than i cut myself off and say according to what i taught myself to believe " wait a minute im not supposed to do that or feel that , that is not me , that is not me that i agreed with myself to be " lol if thats make any sense to you im sure it does because it has emerged from the same feeling of internal conflict as yours

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[@eternalmind8634]

00:00 reviewing PSG and Rogers lectures, 8:15 detaching yourself from thoughts, 14:19 hiding behind other peoples thoughts, 19:00 existentialists ( truth ), 21:45 Solzhenitsyn, 24:08 the existentialists " claim " , 33:00 lies make people sick ( things that make people sick ), 42:08 Pascal, 45:30 the intersection of existentialism and phenomenology, 47:47 free will and morality, 50:40 truth, 56:50 the debate between atheists and religious people about meaning,

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[@RK1m1]

Thank you, I am a new psychologist and I identity with eixtentialism and thinkers like Rollo May, Frankl, Dostoevsky, Nietszche, Sartre, and Heidegger. Having all of them in this lecture was a delight.

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To add to your list, have a look at Jiddu Krishnamurti. Start off with his conversations with david bohm, that's the best introduction in my opinion.

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Every student should read Prof. Viktor Frankl’s book!

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[@transcendingthedyad5663]

Only mentions Viktor Frankl once but delivers one of the most powerful lessons in his name. He nails it. I've read Man's search for meaning and this lecture is great for cementing the wisdom.

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Thank you professor for making your lectures available on this platform. I have never had a chance to study anything but I was always seeking for answers for existential questions. Now I can understand better my own life choices.

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I really enjoyed this lecture ! It confirmed a lot of my perceptions.

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Professor, this is one of the lectures I have listened to many times. Each additional viewing helps to bring me closer to a sense of self. Very interesting and insightful. Thank you!

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Just finished the first part of Mans search for Meaning. The last 15 pages or so were amazing

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Of the many thousands of books I have read, Victor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" is definitely in my Top 10. A truly life-changing book.

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What a wonderful lecture from the past. I always wonder if those students really appreciate those moments in class with Dr. Peterson. I even envy them sometimes. But I’m grateful to be able to watch and learn them all here, all thanks to Dr. Peterson for making these lectures available online. Can’t wait to start the next one!!

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This Pathology of Normalcy as Erich Fromm so aptly put it, is so well thought out by Dr. Peterson, it gives me chills. Thank you for your insight!

[@davidwoodworth4160]

I just had a moment of synchronicity while watching this video. This is a Jungian term that Prof. Jordan Peterson sometimes refers to. At 23:40 when he's talking about cleaning up your own existential space as a good way to help the world (rather than telling other people what to do), I noticed that the cafe I'm sitting in was playing "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson... :o

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Thank you so much for this! :) Man in the Mirror is my favourite song from the King! Just had a good listen. I was very uplifted by the experience - thank you.

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Cast the log before the mote.

[@SianWinstanley]

If someone could kindly and cleanly separate Jungian 'sychronisity' vs coincidence as could be interpreted in OP's comment

[@vengefall]

Synchronicity asserts that seemingly unconnected events are in fact connected by an unknown cause. Our mind connects two events even though it's a logical impossibility that they could be connected. Coincidence implies that there is no connection because there is no causal chain linking them.

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I love the hand gestures that you use. :) They make it easier for me to come from a snip-it of another video on youtube and locate where that video left off in this one. Also helps create a visual story for your ideas and puts the thoughts into movement for if I try to recall the talk later.

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Very meaningful. Thank you.

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Profound but relatable, very well formulated ideas - you can tell they come from years of experience and research and deep thought. Phenomenal stuff!

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Malevolence and deceit make the tragic parts of existence much worse, thanks JP you are a profound thinker.

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That was the best of JBP....really got my head round this one....excellent

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Thank you for your contribution to humanity Mr. Peterson.

[@owl6218]

his pointing out and dwelling upon on the pitfalls of identifying with the intellect are priceless. A process I have lived through my youth and grew out of gradually. Intellect still possesses me, but only in episodes. Wanting to live a meaningful and moral life was desire drawn from my social background..grateful for it.... and that made me keep searching for an experience beyond the buzz of the mind...............

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Fascinating lecture! Very useful.

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Watching this lecture is such an endearing,beautiful and enlightning experience, i just have to cry from joy.Thank you so much!🐭🐉🌻

[@tasneemrabin1303]

“It doesn’t matter what you do because nothing matters, it’s relative” is a belief system created to allow yourself a secondary gain. You believe it because it’s in the best interest of the worst aspects of you to believe it” WOW, WOW, WOW!

[@JerGol]

In a lecture full of insight, I was particularly impressed by the conclusions drawn by Frankl etc as summarised from 01:09:18. Had to listen to that bit a few times!

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Just solid perspectives. Love this guy!

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Dr. Peterson don't get me wrong I really like the new lecture series, but the hair in the Harvard lectures was way better. Bring back the Canadian Passport!!

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A man I respect talking about another great man, This is good stuff.

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Both a facinating and powerful l3cture puts a lot out there for thought

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Thank you Dr Peterson

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When I first listened to this years ago it blew me away.

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These lectures should be on audible. Or written down. I'd buy them.

[@clydekelvinandthesinners.3977]

A wise young girl when asked her opinion once said,- ''How can I know what I think till I see what I say?'' Ideas have people.

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Such a great lecture. 🥰

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Wonderful lectures, thank you!!

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Sir, what a privileges to be in your class, man those people was really lucky, the're must've been really wise, by the end of the college, this is only one of his class and it was so many many good thoughts delivered so clear only in one hour ( sorry my lack of better words, can describe it), then imagine attend to every of his class for all of your college time, that would be heaven of mind and soul.

[@veeho14]

Damn Jordan! I’ve only watched 18:56 so far of this lecture, and it is invaluable. It is also incredibly synchronistic to current developments in my life. What a treasure!

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Extremely powerful lecture

[@zwep]

I hope all people that listen to you will one day get to see this as well.. well done. You can really create the words for my thoughts

[@craiggoodman7]

Absolutely amazing!!! How is it that I never became aware of your work and genius!?

[@mattayoubi9829]

This is soul-nourishing

[@karinturkington2455]

Such an incredible lecture! I learned so much about myself listening to this. Thank you.

[@LadyBug3178]

Jordan, thank you for all the cool things you talk about. I'm so grateful that you have the gift of gab. The things you talked about in this video are especially meaningful to me on this day, 7 years after you spoke them. You've mentioned in a few videos how overwhelming it can be to receive so many positive comments from people in the public who you have never met. I don't just think, but know that I would feel the same if I were in your shoes. Keeping that in mind, thank you for tolerating what might be considered positive gushing from me. Sometimes we encounter people who have committed themselves to ideals we admire and we desire to begin to walk in lockstep with them. I see this same notion exemplified in the Christian tradition of communion... God's invitation to humanity to merge with Him in purpose and being. Thank you also for sharing with the public that your life includes unbearable difficulty and pain. We are all in this together, being human and all that means.

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I’ve watched this lecture so many times. It’s my safety lecture❤

[@cleia9111]

Thanks Doctor Peterson, for showing me a best way to understand Nietzsche.

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Thanks for the extra info. Great lecture.

[@tasneemrabin1303]

“Stop bulking yourself” WOW I’ve never thought about that and how we entertain thoughts that hurts us more than the actual reality of the situation we are in.

[@tasneemrabin1303]

Bulling* damn auto correct 🙄

[@michaelgrace1298]

@@tasneemrabin1303 bullying? 🤔

[@froukjematthews3421]

Dr Peterson is describing at the end of this lecture what madness we are living in today, in 2020. Thank goodness he talked to so many before we hit this point because hopefully we can turn it around, collectively...

[@daniellewhite8065]

This is his best lecture. Essential viewing. I’m so glad of the interview with Cathy Newman and the gender pay gap. Actually I could see reason in both points of view. But what It did do is bring his lectures to the world’s attention. This lecture is brilliant. 👍👍

[@billymills4238]

Some of these sections alone should have millions of views or be their own snippets

[@bahabobby8118]

Most University educations aren't worth a dime anymore...unless your lucky enough to get a professor like J.P. - then it's priceless

[@MrSA1829]

I am enjoying these lecture so much

[@JefftheGeek]

One of his best lectures

[@SandyGrove]

Brilliant!! The very same lecture in 2015 is another great one!!!

[@mikeknight9885]

Even from a young age upon first learning about what happened in nazi Germany there was always something that didn't make sense to me in regards to how a government could so easily and thoroughly turn its society totalitarian. That was what interested me to learn more about it. But no one ever said what JP is saying about how it happens both from the top and the bottom with a certain sick cooperation from each individual. It now makes perfect sense that this is of course the only way it can happen. And of course this also makes all the more terrifying.

[@farfor4611]

Read Hanna Arendt. She explored this topic.

[@simonmike3443]

I really enjoyed the whole lecture, it was really helpful.

[@owl6218]

'the reason you are feeling so terrible could you are inhabiting a pathological perspective' - very good 1 line summary. Enter the 4 noble truths