Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2022-09-26
Books mentioned on Hell and Hedonism | Dr. Peter Kreeft | EP 291
Peter Kreeft discussed Chesterton's stories, essays and poems, by g.k. chesterton by G. K. Chesterton, St. Thomas Aquinas by G. K. Chesterton, Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling, The Fellowship of the Ring by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and others, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Consolation of Philosophy, and The Confessions by Saint Augustine (of Hippo). Jordan Peterson discussed The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, The Idiot by Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, and The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenit︠s︡yn.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Chesterton's stories, essays and poems, by g.k. chesterton
Chesterton's stories, essays and poems, by g.k.
Discussed“one of my favorite books is chesterton's book on Thomas Aquinas called St Thomas Aquinas the Del Marx and the main point of that book is that This brilliant Theologian and philosopher is the champion of Common Sense”
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St. Thomas Aquinas
Discussed“one of my favorite books is chesterton's book on Thomas Aquinas called St Thomas Aquinas the Del Marx”
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Faust
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is a classic play about a man who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for unlimited knowledge and worldly experience.
Discussed“Karl Marx who once said that his favorite line in all of human literature is from gerta's Faust where Mephistopheles the devil utters these words everything that exists deserves to perish”
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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“it's like Ivan karamazov in the brothers karamazov he says life is so Rife with catastrophe and suffering betrayal malevolence”
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Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell is an epic historical novel set against the American Civil War and Reconstruction eras, chronicling the tumultuous life and resilience of its protagonist, Scarlett O'Hara.
Discussed“then the universe is very much like Red Butler in Gone With the Wind and says to us frankly my dear I just don't give a damn”
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The Idiot
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound 19th-century Russian novel that follows the compassionate, innocent, and deeply misunderstood Prince Myshkin as he navigates the cynical and corrupt high society of St.
Discussed“well that's and that's really the theme in some profound sense both of the brothers karamazov and of the idiot”
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the opening fantasy novel in J.K.
Discussed“in the Harry Potter series I know a lot of Christians don't like it because uh his author is not a Christian”
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K.
Discussed“and I mean the second volume is pretty much a straight retelling of Saint George and the Dragon and it's brilliantly structured mythologically”
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The Fellowship of the Ring
The Fellowship of the Ring by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is a masterwork of high fantasy that launches the epic saga of Middle-earth and the quest to destroy the One Ring.
Discussed“and and that Harry does undertake a track and a quest like like Frodo and Bilbo in the in The Lord of the Rings in The Hobbit and overcomes evil through self-sacrifice”
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.
Discussed“and that Harry does undertake a track and a quest like like Frodo and Bilbo in the in The Lord of the Rings in The Hobbit and overcomes evil through self-sacrifice”
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The Hobbit
The Hobbit by J.R.R.
Discussed“and that Harry does undertake a track and a quest like like Frodo and Bilbo in the in The Lord of the Rings in The Hobbit and overcomes evil through self-sacrifice”
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Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a foundational existential novella that explores the depths of human alienation, paradoxical free will, and psychological spite.
Discussed“well in in Notes from Underground Dostoevsky Nails this to a because he says and that's so brilliant”
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The Consolation of Philosophy
The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius is a foundational medieval philosophical classic written as the Roman statesman awaited execution, addressing the nature of fortune, free will, and true happiness.
Discussed“one of their favorite books is boethius's consolation to philosophy”
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The Confessions
The Confessions is a profound spiritual autobiography by Saint Augustine that chronicles his journey from a restless, hedonistic youth to a life of Christian faith.
Discussed“the same is true of Augustine's confessions”
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The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is a monumental historical exposé documenting the brutal realities of the Soviet forced labor camp system through personal testimony and archival research.
Discussed“and then solzhenitzen made much of that in the gulag archipelago because he talked about the fact that each person within a totalitarian system”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“it's by the uh the same journalist Dominic LaPierre who wrote is Paris burning”