From unity in the multiple: on the multidimensionality of the human according to Max Scheler and Viktor Frankl

Authors

  • Roberto S. Kahlmeyer-Mertens Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Giovani Augusto dos Santos Universidade Estadual de Maringá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v11i3.71047

Keywords:

Unity of the human person, multidimensionality, self-transcendence, Max Scheler, Viktor Frankl

Abstract

The theme of the writing is the multidimensionality of the human being from the perspective of two authors: Max Scheler and Viktor Frankl. Regarding this, we ask: how does the notion of person enable an understanding of the unity of the human from the multiplicity of its dimensions? An essay responding to this problem is linked to Scheler philosophical anthropology and Frankl's dimensional ontology. Here the referred multiplicity is investigated from Frankl's understanding of the human under the influence of Scheler. Therefore, we will begin with a presentation about the “person” in Scheler, treating it as the center of intentional acts. Still with this thinker, we will indicate the human as a phenomenon that surpasses its natural determinants. Afterwards, an attempt is made to characterize the related concept of human self-transcendence, originating from Frankl's thought. Finally, it is worth pointing out how multidimensional the human being is based on the Franklian appropriation and how this adds to the intuitions of Scheler's philosophy. We assume we can state that, in both authors, the intuition of a unitas multiplex is present.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Roberto S. Kahlmeyer-Mertens, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Doutor em Filosofia, professor efetivo do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da Unioeste; professor colaborador permanente do Mestrado da UEM. Líder do Grupo de Pesquisa Fenomenologia, Hermenêutica e Metafísica da Unioeste

Giovani Augusto dos Santos, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Mestre em Filosofia pela Unioeste, membro pesquisador do Grupo de Pesquisa Fenomenologia, Hermenêutica e Metafísica da Unioeste. E-mail:

References

FRANKL, V. E. A falta de sentido. Trad. Bruno Alexander, Campinas: Auster, 2021a, 252 p.

FRANKL, V. E. A Presença Ignorada de Deus. Trad. Walter O. Schlupp; Helga H. Reinhold. 21 ed. São Leopoldo: Sinodal; Petrópolis: Vozes, 2020a.

FRANKL, V. E. A Vontade de Sentido:Fundamentos e aplicações da logoterapia.Trad. Ivo Studart Pereira. São Paulo: Paulus, 2020b, 222 p.

FRANKL, V. E. Logoterapia e Análise Existencial:Textos de Seis Décadas. Trad. Marco Antônio Casanova. Rio de Janeiro: Forense Universitária, 2021b.

FRANKL, V. E. O que não está escrito nos meus livros: Memórias. Trad. Cláudia Abeling. São Paulo: É Realizações, 2010, 158 p.

FRANKL, V. E. O sofrimento humano:Fundamentos antropológicos da psicoterapia. Trad. Renato Bittencourt e Karleno Bocarro. São Paulo: É Realizações, 2019b, 368 p.

FRANKL, V. E. Psicoterapia e Existencialismo:Textos selecionados em logoterapia. Trad. Ivo Studart Pereira, São Paulo: É realizações, 2020d, 248 p.

FRANKL, V. E. Psicoterapia e Sentido da Vida: fundamentos da logoterapia a análise existencial. Trad. Alípio Maia de Castro. 7 ed. São Paulo: Quadrante, 2019b.

FRANKL, V. E. Teoria e Terapia das Neuroses: Introdução à logoterapia e análise existencial. Trad. Claudia Abeling, São Paulo: É Realizações, 2016, 256 p.

KAHLMEYER-MERTENS, R. S., KUHN, W. C. A fenomenologia dos sentimentos de Max Scheler na indicação da constituição do “humano total” (Allmensch). Ekstasis: Revistas de Hermenêutica e Fenomenologia, Rio de Janeiro, v.11, n.2, dezembro, 2022, p. 124-145. Disponível em: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/Ekstasis/issue/current . Acesso em: 23 jan. 2023.

KELLY, E. Structure and Diversity:Studies in the Phenomenological Philosophy of Max Scheler. New York: Springer, 1997.

PEREIRA, I. S. Tratado de logoterapia e Análise Existencial: Filosofia e sentido da vida na obra de Viktor Emil Frank. São Leopoldo: Sinodal, 2021.

SANDER, A. Mensch-Subjekt-Person. Die Dezentrierung des Subjekts in der Philosophie Max Schelers. Bonn: Bouvier, 1996.

SCHELER M. Die Stellung des Menschen im Kosmos. In: FRINGS, Manfred S. (Ed.). Später Schriften – Gesammelte Werke. Bd. IX. Bonn: Bouvier, 2008.

SCHELER M. Die Formen des Wissens und die Bildung. In: _______. Gesammelte Werke. Philosophische Weltanschauung – Späte Schriften. Bd. 9. Bern: Francke, 1976a. p.85-119.

Additional Files

Published

2025-01-14

How to Cite

Kahlmeyer-Mertens, R. S., & Santos, G. A. dos. (2025). From unity in the multiple: on the multidimensionality of the human according to Max Scheler and Viktor Frankl. Aufklärung, 11(3), p.43–56. https://doi.org/10.18012/arf.v11i3.71047

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2024)

Section

Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Journal general policy

1.This journal works under a Creative Commons License aplied to online journals. That icence can be read in the following link: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

2.Accordingly to this License, a)the journal declares that authors hold the copyright of their articles without restrictions, and they can archieve them as post-print elsewhere. b)the journal allow the author(s) to retain publishing rights without restrictions.

 

Metadata Policy for information describing items in the repository

1. Anyone may access the metadata free of charge at anytime.
2.The metadata may be re-used in any medium without prior permission, even commercial purposes provided the OAI Identifier or a link to the original metadata record are given, under the terms of a CC BY license refered for the Journal.