Book · 1996 · History
How the Irish Saved Civilization
The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
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The Irish are the same way the Irish have you know they saved the Bible there's this book called How the Irish saved civilization.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Dec 2016 Listen at 1:55:21 Why people recommend it
How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill is a historical exploration of how Irish monks and scholars preserved classical literature and texts during the European Dark Ages. The book has been brought up on multiple occasions by Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience. During episode number 892 with guest Greg Fitzsimmons in December 2016, Rogan mentioned the title while discussing how the Irish played a crucial role in safeguarding biblical and historical texts. He revisited the book earlier on the podcast during episode number 172 with Bryan Callen in March 2013, asking if his guest was familiar with the work while exploring how ancient knowledge managed to survive centuries of turmoil and societal collapse across Europe. Throughout these conversations, the speakers emphasized the historical weight of Ireland's monastic tradition in preventing the complete erasure of Western learning. Listeners tuning into these episodes are introduced to a narrative that champions the often overlooked intellectual contributions of medieval scribes and religious figures during a perilous era of human history.
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“and there's a book called how the Irish saved civilization and it's about how the scribes how the the Irish priests wrote down all the knowledge”