Talk:Existence
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An excellent and effective piece of literature toward understanding human existence is a book written by Dr. Viktor E. Frankl titled "Man's Search for Meaning". Frankl's idea is generally known as the "Third School of Viennese Psychiatry" and is an introduction to logotherapy. Logotherapy is a unique and plausible theory used in the treatment of mentally and/or spiritually disturbed individuals. Although his theories are discussed from a psychological, and psychiatric standpoint, Frankl's account and discussion regarding his experiences and observations within a Nazi concentration camp, are profoundly effective toward understanding the conditions of human existence. In fact, through Frankl's perspective in man's search for meaning, one can equate said "meaning" to the state of "being".
Does "contemporary philosophers at least are wont to treat existence as a " make sense? ~Apokryphos
Encyclopaedia Article
Is this article actually classable as an encyclopaedia article. It seems to me like a meaningless rant. Especially the comments that are placed throughout, and have been there since the original article. If no one can come up with a good reason for the article I will put it up for deletion. MyNameIsNotBob 09:46, May 23, 2005 (UTC)
- Putting it up for deletion is not appropriate, deletion is not for articles that are "sub-par", it's for articles that shouldn't be in an encyclopedia at all. What you're probably looking for is Wikipedia:Cleanup or a related page. The material currently in this article is largely derived from a group of documents called Larry's Text, which were lectures given by Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger in courses that he taught at Ohio State University. Larry is a philosophy professor so this is good quality information, but lectures are a different format of presentation from encyclopedia articles so these things usually need a lot of rewriting. Bryan 18:45, 23 May 2005 (UTC)