生きる意味 : フランクルにおける自己実現の思想

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Being human beings means being in the face of meanings to fulfill and values to realize. Man is free to answer the questions he is asked by life. And man is responsible for giving the right answer to a question, for finding the true meaning of a situation. In other words, man is responsible for what to do, whom to love, and how to suffer. Meanwhile, self-actualization is an effect of meaning-fulfillment. If a person sets out to actualize himself rather than fulfill a meaning, self-actualization immediately loses its justification. But on what ground is he justified in assuming that life is, and remains, meaningful in every case? He takes the stand toward his predicament, in the case where he must face a fate which he cannot change. This is why life never ceases to hold a meaning, for even a person who is deprived of both creative and experiential values is still challenged by a meaning to fulfill. Attitudinal values are the highest possible values. But man is incapable of understanding the ultimate meaning of human suffering, because mere thinking cannot reveal to us the highest purpose. In what ground can we find the ultimate meaning of being?
2004-03-18