Man's Search for Himself

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"Analyzes life as we are living it, & the analysis is truthful & profound."--New York Times Loneliness, boredom, emptiness: These are the complaints that Rollo May encountered over & over from his patients. In response, he probes the hidden layers of personality to reveal the core of human integration--a basic & inborn sense of value. Man's Search for Himselfis an illuminating view of our predicament in an age of overwhelming anxieties & gives guidance on how to choose, judge & act during suchtimes. Preface Our predicament: The loneliness & anxiety of modern man The roots of our malady Rediscovering selfhood: The experience of becoming a person The struggle to be The goals of integration: Freedom & inner strength The creative conscience Courage, the virtue of maturity Man, the transcender of time Index