iented toward the meaning of his life." (p. 153) NEUROTIC: Tries "to escape the full awareness of his life task. And to make him aware of this task, to awaken him to a fuller consciousnessof it, can contribute much to his ability to overcome his neurosis." (p. 153) Logos, Greek, "meaning" Focus on a) meaning of human existence b) man's search for such a meaning "According to logotherapy, the striving to find a meaning in one's life is the primary motivational force in man." Will to meaning (logotherapy) vs. will to pleasure (psychoanalysis/pleasure principle) (p. 153-154) Would you be willing to die for your "defense mechanisms"? Poll: 1) How many people need "something" for the sake of which to live? 2) Is there something or someone, in your own lives for whose sake you are even ready to die? There are some cases in which an individual's concern with values is really a camouflage of hidden inner conflicts: Exception rather than therule. In these cases, Psychoanalysis, in order to disclose the underlying unconscious dynamics, is justified. "Unmasking, or debunking...should stop as soon as one is confronted with what is authentic and genuine man." (p. 156) "IF the meaning that is waiting to be fulfilled by man were really nothing but a mere expression of self, or no more than a projection of hiswishful thinking, it would immediately lose its demanding and challenging character; it could no longer call man forth or summon him." (p. 156) Freud, Jung, & Sartre criticized (p. 156-157) Freud: (see above) Jung: "archetypes", like Freud's defense mechanisms and pleasure principle. Does not "call" man to meaning. (I disagree). Sartre: "the meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected." (p. 157) PUSH VS. PULL: Push: Driving force in man Pull: Values "Now, if I say man is pulled by values, what is implicitly referred to is the fact that there is always freedom involved: the freedom of man tomake his choice between acc...
