Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2021-04-19
Books mentioned on 162. Christianity and the Modern World | Bishop Barron
Bishop Robert Barron and I sat down on March 5th, 2021 to discuss a variety of topics in the realm of the importance of the bible, the bridge between religion and biology, the nature of good, how the
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a complex philosophical novel that delves deeply into faith, doubt, free will, and morality through the turbulent relationships of the Karamazov family.
Discussed“ivan makes that case in the brothers karamazov brilliantly brilliantly”
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Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost by John Milton is an epic blank-verse poem published in the seventeenth century that recounts the biblical fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by Satan.
Discussed“the images of satan in paradise lost and in dante's inferno are unbelievably instructive”
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Inferno
Inferno by Dante Alighieri is a classic epic poem that serves as a detailed topography of hell through concentric circles of suffering and divine justice.
Discussed“the images of satan in paradise lost and in dante's inferno are unbelievably instructive”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“beyond order can be read and understood on its own but also builds on the concepts that i developed in my previous books 12 rules for life and before that maps of meaning”
“beyond order can be read and understood on its own but also builds on the concepts that i developed in my previous books 12 rules for life and before that maps of meaning”
“and what i believe i've observed and i tried to document this particularly in my book maps of meaning is that you start acting in ways that make everything worse”