Man as a 'Being Challenged by Life'

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  • 「生から問いかけられている者」としての人間
  • The Problem of V. Frankl's Overcoming Nihilism
  • V・フランクルにおけるニヒリズム克服の問題

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This paper tries to clarify the theory of overcoming nihilism in V. Frankl's thought, in particular focusing on his concept of man as a 'Being challenged by life'. A person who becomes a victim of nihilism, is consciously or unconsciously subject to a feeling of interior emptiness (existential emptiness). According to Frankl, this is the consequence of man forgetting the challenge coming to him from life. According to him, the success or failure of overcoming nihilism depends on becoming conscious of the challenge of life, realizing at the end of man's doubting the meaning of life that man is challenged by life. By examining the concept of 'man as a being challenged by life', the following points became clear : Man is challenged by life to discover and realize 'meaning' hidden within the situation he must face constantly. This 'meaning' is something objective, transcending the subject of man, it is a 'concrete Must in the situation' to be realized 'now, here, by his own self'.

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