In the following essay I will write about the third section covered in the course. That is, the section on supplements, like Viktor Frankl and Erich Fromm. The focus of the article will be related to Frankl's work, Man's Search for Meaning. My goal is to adequately evaluate his theory of logotherapy and explain how in this specific work we can find traces of almost all branches of the human sciences that we have studied. Following that evaluation, I will briefly say what these comparisons tell me about human science. To summarize I will explain my personal thoughts on supplements. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay Frankl's book, Man's Search for Meaning, is a highly regarded novel that lays out, as he puts it, "Logotherapy in a nutshell" (Frankl 97). The book also contains an autobiographical account of his time in the concentration camp during the Holocaust to support his theory. The entire book is garnished with a diversity of the separate branches of human sciences. One might wonder how Frankl integrated all these branches despite the contradictions between them. At first it will seem that we can say that it is only one or two of these, but the fact that it climbs many branches of the tree of human science shows why it is such a wonderful supplement. The comparison between the branches will be shown in the order they were taught in class. That is, starting from existentialism and phenomenology and ending with psychoanalysis. (It would be redundant to compare integrator to integrator as they are already considered to have elements of other branches, so it is clear that there would be comparisons and contradictions.) I could write an entire commentary on Frankl looking at it strictly from an existential point of view. For the sake of brevity I will only highlight the broader points and comparisons. First, we can see all four givens of Yalom's existence incorporated into man's search for meaning. However, there is one data that exercises pre-eminence in Frankl's work. This would be Yalom's point that we must find meaning in a world that shows none. This is basically what Frankl calls logotherapy with a few more words. Logotherapy is the means used to diagnose a patient by asking them to look at themselves introspectively and retrospectively to work on finding the meaning of their life (Frankl 98). Existentialism as a whole is about the purpose and meaning of our existence. Frankl says that every man must have his own will to meaning (Frankl 99), while existentialism states that every man is exclusively his own and therefore must aspire to possess his own. Now I will discuss how Frankl is compared to phenomenology. In the section titled “A Logodrama,” Frankl tells of a woman who attempted suicide because she had lost her firstborn and her second child was paralyzed (Frankl 117). Frankl proceeds to ask the woman to explain whether or not she has had a successful life. Despite his suicide attempt, he truly believes that his life is rewarding and has found that he has meaning and purpose to continue. The phenomenological aspect of this is that Frankl did not ask her if she believed her life was successful as a mother, parent, or woman, but simply asked her if she believed she had a successful life. It stripped her of all the labels she had been given and allowed her to answer the question from whatever perspective she wanted. Furthermore, the woman was given the opportunity to get to the heart of her dilemma, which is a high sign of phenomenology. Next I will explain how the.