Viktor Frankl on spirit and freedom

Abstract

This paper aims to expose and analyze the first of the three conceptual foundations relating to the logotherapy of Viktor Frankl: the issue of human freedom. The argumentative effort is initiated by the discussion regarding the meaning of the "spirit" category as an anthropological concept and its intrinsic relation to the theme of human freedom. Secondly, it is discussed how this conception of freedom relates to what Frankl conceived as the three basic complexes of determination to which man is subjected under the form of biological, psychological and sociological "destinies". The affirmative argument of spiritual freedom in the context of each of these areas is analyzed.