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The pilgrim's progress
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And John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress is that book actually good yes it is.
Tyler Cowen · Conversations with Tyler · Jan 2023 Listen at 57:41 The best things said about it
It's Pilgrim's Progress; it's the hero going out looking for the Grail, fighting dragons and monsters, and then you realize when you get to the end it wasn't about the Grail at all.
Jordan Peterson The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Mar 2023 The first movie was for an evangelical outreach who were making a film in Belfast, believe it or not, of Pilgrims Progress. Wow. Uh John Bunan's Pilgrims Progress.
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The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is a famous Christian allegory that follows a character named Christian on his arduous journey from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City, overcoming numerous trials, temptations, and monsters along the way. Liam Neeson mentioned on SmartLess that it served as the title and subject of his very first film project in Belfast, which was produced for an evangelical outreach. Josh Clark brought up the book on Stuff You Should Know to explain that Teddy Roosevelt derived the term muckraker from a character in Bunyan's work who had the opportunity to trade in his muck rake. Tyler Cowen discussed the novel on Conversations with Tyler, debating with a guest whether the classic book genuinely requires patience to read. Furthermore, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson referenced the book multiple times across episodes of The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, including a conversation with Jeff Sandefer where they likened the hero's journey of seeking the Grail to the spiritual trials depicted in Bunyan's allegory. Douglas Murray also mentioned the foundational impact of such classic allegories and cited his own book, The War on the West, during several appearances on Peterson's podcast and on the Lex Fridman Podcast, linking historical and philosophical narratives to contemporary cultural shifts and activist philosophies.
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Douglas Murray People deny that now, but I cite him in the War in the West, and the foundational texts say as much. 4
“I gave the example in my last book, 'The War on the West,' of a rather delicious yet savage lesson a group of French sailors learned after Rousseau's writings. They were heavily influenced by Rousseau, land on an island in New Zealand, and assume the native people live in a state of nature.”
“People deny that now, but I cite him in the War in the West, and the foundational texts say as much.”
“Sure, sure; I mean, I have a section in the War in the West where I go for Karl Marx with some glee.”
“In fact, when I was doing the audiobook for The War on the West, I had to decide: Will I read out the quotes from Marx or not?”
Jordan Peterson How do you tie in what you were writing about in 'The War on the West' with what you've seen unfold since O… 3
“How do you tie in what you were writing about in 'The War on the West' with what you've seen unfold since October 7th in relation to what you're going to discuss?”
“I'm speaking with author, columnist, and political commentator Douglas Murray, who has been on my podcast a number of times. We talked about his latest book not so long ago, titled 'The War on the West.'”
“It's Pilgrim's Progress; it's the hero going out looking for the Grail, fighting dragons and monsters, and then you realize when you get to the end it wasn't about the Grail at all.”
Liam Neeson The first movie was for an evangelical outreach who were making a film in Belfast, believe it or not, of Pi… 2
“The first movie was for an evangelical outreach who were making a film in Belfast, believe it or not, of Pilgrims Progress. Wow. Uh John Bunan's Pilgrims Progress.”
“a pilgrim's progress wow uh john bunyan's pilgrim's progress”
Josh Clark and he compared them to a character from Pilgrim's Progress who was the the muck rer and muck is poop by th… 1
“and he compared them to a character from Pilgrim's Progress who was the the muck rer and muck is poop by the way um who had the chance to to trade in his mck rake for”
Tyler Cowen and John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress is that book actually good yes it is 1
“and John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress is that book actually good yes it is”
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“Douglas is the author of 'The War on the West,' 'The Strange Death of Europe,' and 'The Madness of Crowds,' among other books.”
“So, anyway, on with the analysis of 'The Strange Death of the West.' Hello, Mr. Murray.”
“One of the things is that it’s a follow-on from the book 'The War on the West,' which you and I discussed when it came out about 18 months ago.”
“You don't have a culture; it's what I read about in the war in the West—the jab at the majority populations.”
“Yeah, no, and that's why, I mean, the great answer—I said at the end of The War in the West—the great answer to all of this, and it also comes back to what you were saying about pride.”
“I say at one point in The War on the West that the argument, for instance, on reparations now that goes on—and it's not a fringe argument anymore; some people say, 'Oh, you're pulling up this fringe argument.'”
“And by the way, there are plenty of white people who experience racism as well; there are plenty of white people who do and have done, and increasingly so, which is one of the things I write about in The War on the West.”
“Believe it or not, a Pilgrim's Progress. Uh, John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.”