Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2023-11-23

Steven Bartlett & Jordan Peterson: books mentioned on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (Nov 2023)

Jordan Peterson: STOP LYING TO YOURSELF! How To Turn Your Life Around In 2024!

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Jordan Peterson recommended Inferno by Dante Alighieri and Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning, and discussed Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. Inferno

   Inferno

   Dante Alighieri · at 54:33

   Inferno by Dante Alighieri is a classic epic poem describing a journey through the underworld and the various circles of hell.

   Recommended

   “So Dante's Inferno for everyone who is reading listening, you should read that book. Dante's Inferno is a topography of hell.”

   Jordan Peterson Jordan Peterson: STOP LYING TO YOURSELF! How To Turn Your Life Around … 2023-11-23 Listen at 54:33

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2. 

   Heart of Darkness

   Joseph Conrad · at 57:24

   Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a classic novella detailing a perilous journey up the Congo River and the moral collapse of the colonial agent Kurtz.

   Discussed

   “And there's a movie, Apocalypse Now, that's about a journey to the heart of darkness, and that's what the book is about, Conrad Joseph Conrad's book.”

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3. 

   Ordinary Men

   Christopher R. Browning · at 59:35

   Ordinary Men by Christopher R. Browning is a historical study examining Reserve Police Battalion 101, a unit of ordinary German middle-aged men who perpetrated mass killings of Jews in Poland during the Holocaust.

   Recommended

   “There's a great book about that, it's terrifying book called Ordinary Men. And it's about the initiation of a police battalion from Germany who went to Poland after the Germans marched into Poland.”

   Jordan Peterson Jordan Peterson: STOP LYING TO YOURSELF! How To Turn Your Life Around … 2023-11-23 Listen at 59:35

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