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Copyright © 2020 by Viktor E. Frankl
Introduction © 2020 by Daniel Goleman
Original title of the German edition: “Über den Sinn des Lebens” published by © 2019 Beltz Verlag in the publishing group Beltz Weinheim Basel.
First published in English in 2020 by Rider, an imprint of Ebury.
Ebury is part of the Penguin Random House group of companies.
Translated from the German by Joelle Young.
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Text design and composition by Kim Arney
Note on language: For this new edition, some individual terms of Professor Frankl’s that were a natural part of the German general and medical vocabulary at the time of the original publication of the lectures have been carefully changed, as these are no longer acceptable. However, in the English translation, to preserve the flow of Frankl’s arguments and the original tone and character of the language he uses, the instances of “he” and “him” have not generally been changed to gender-neutral terms.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Frankl, Viktor E. (Viktor Emil), 1905-1997 author. | Goleman,
Daniel, writer of introduction. | Vesely, Franz, writer of afterword.
Title: Yes to life : in spite of everything / Viktor E. Frankl ;
introduction by Daniel Goleman ; afterword by Franz Vesely.
Other titles: Über den Sinn des Lebens. English
Description: Boston : Beacon Press, [2020] | "First edition © 2019 Beltz
Verlag" | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019059317 (print) | LCCN 2019059318 (ebook) | ISBN
9780807005552 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780807005569 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Meaning (Psychology) | Resilience (Personality trait)
Classification: LCC BF778 .F6813 2020 (print) | LCC BF778 (ebook) | DDC
150.19/5--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019059317
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019059318