HAPPINESS AND MEANING IN IMPRISONMENT: THE IMPORTANCE OF SUFFERING IN THE EXPERIENCES OF NICOLAE STEINHARDT AND VIKTOR FRANKL

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dc.coverageSTUDIA UBB PHILOSOPHIA, LXVII, Special Issue, 2022 (p. 9 – 22)en-US
dc.creatorSTADOLEANU, Carmen
dc.date2022-10-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-21T10:39:58Z
dc.descriptionThe paper describes the experiences of Nicolae Steinhardt and Viktor Frankl, both imprisoned despite their innocence, and their discovery of happiness and meaning through suffering and pain. Nicolae Steinhardt was a Romanian political prisoner of the communist regime and Viktor Frankl was a Jew imprisoned in the Auschwitz concentration camp. While in prison, Nicolae Steinhardt is secretly baptized and his life takes a very interesting turn. The discovery of God gives him access to the phenomenon of happiness and as he confesses, in prison he will live the happiest days of his life. Despite the miserable conditions, the pain, and the physical and mental torment, Steinhardt characterizes his happiness as ecstatic, passionate and life-changing. Under similar conditions, Viktor Frankl discovers the importance of suffering in determining the meaning of life. For Frankl, life always holds a potential meaning and if there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Therefore, through suffering and sorrow, and not in spite of them, Steinhardt and Frankl gain access to happiness and meaning.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbphilosophia/article/view/3354
dc.identifier10.24193/subbphil.2022.sp.iss.01
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14637/1150
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBabeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Pressen-US
dc.relationhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbphilosophia/article/view/3354/3242
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2022 Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philosophiaen-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en-US
dc.sourceStudia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philosophia; Volume 67, Special Issue, October 2022; 9 – 22en-US
dc.source2065-9407
dc.source10.24193/subbphil.2022.sp.iss
dc.subjecthappiness; meaning of life; suffering; prison; imprisonment; purpose; pain; Nicolae Steinhardt; Viktor Franklen-US
dc.titleHAPPINESS AND MEANING IN IMPRISONMENT: THE IMPORTANCE OF SUFFERING IN THE EXPERIENCES OF NICOLAE STEINHARDT AND VIKTOR FRANKLen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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