Noö-dynamics is Frankl’s term for the tension between what one has already achieved and what one ought to achieve. Frankl says that healthy people must live in a state of tension between past and present. Logotherapy helps people endure and make the most of this tension instead of encouraging them to live tension-free.
Noö-dynamics Quotes in Man’s Search for Meaning
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Logotherapy: The Meaning of Suffering
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For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement. When we are no longer able to change a situation—just think of an incurable disease such as inoperable cancer—we are challenged to change ourselves.
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Noö-dynamics Term Timeline in Man’s Search for Meaning
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Logotherapy in a Nutshell: Noö-dynamics
...be healthy, man must constantly be struggling and striving. Frankl calls this a state of “noö-dynamics.” While everyone needs to be in a noö-dynamic frame of mind, it is particularly important...
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