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Question
I can’t find meaning in anything in life. I’ve noticed that everything I do in life stems from the desire to be successful—and that very concept was formed in me by the social atmosphere. So now that I’ve realized this, it no longer has any effect on me.
Answer
This is a question for a psychologist. Life has great meaning, but you apparently don’t feel that. Feelings are not a matter for philosophical speculation and discussion, but for a psychologist. See column 159 on meaning and logotherapy.
Rabbi, if I’m not mistaken, I seem to remember you mentioning somewhere that logotherapy does not assume the existence of objective meaning, but I think from what I read in the book that it’s clear from its content that it does.