Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2024-09-29
Books mentioned on 213. What Is Evil?
What makes normal people do terrible things? Are there really bad apples — or just bad barrels?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Lolita
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is a controversial novel centering on the obsessive, illicit obsession of a middle-aged literature professor with a young girl.
Discussed“and did you read Lolita by noov”
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The Lucifer Effect
Discussed“Uh, his book? Oh, you read The Lucifer Effect? I have it on the bookshelf right back there.”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing On Epidemics
“However, a version of 'Do no harm' is found in Hippocrates' book of the Epidemics from 400 BCE. He writes that the physician must have, quote, two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely to do good or to do no harm.”