Logotherapy. Elisabeth Lukas

The words "character" [German: “Charakter”] and “personality” [German: Persönlichkeit] are used by Frankl in a special way that almost reverses their normal meanings. “Character” refers to the aspects of personality which can be attributed to genes, to upbringing, to natural disposition. “Personality”, on the other hand, is what a person has made of these elements, it is the completely unique quality of personhood that has been shaped by that person’s own choices.

      ¹⁸ Viktor E. Frankl, Der leidende Mensch, Verlag Hans Huber, Bern, 2005, 3rd ed., 204.

      ¹⁹ Viktor E. Frankl, … trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen, Kösel Verlag, München, 2018, 130f.

      ²⁰ Viktor E. Frankl, Der leidende Mensch,Verlag Hans Huber, Bern, 2005, 3rd ed., 144.

      ²¹ Viktor E. Frankl, Gesammelte Werke Band 3, Die Psychotherapie in der Praxis, Böhlau Verlag, Wien, Köln, Weimar, 2008, 54.