Long ago we had passed the stage of asking what was the meaning of life, a nave query which understands life as the attaining of some aim through the active creation of something of value.
Viktor E. FranklAbout author
- Author's profession: Psychologist
- Nationality: austrian
- Born: March 26, 1905
- Died: September 2, 1997
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