Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2024-12-23
Books mentioned on 509. Retelling the Greatest Story Ever Told | Dallas Jenkins
Dr. Jordan B.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil
Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche is a monumental work of philosophy that challenges traditional morality, religion, and Western metaphysics through a scathing critique of established cultural traditions.
Discussed“so for example n's book uh Beyond Good and Evil I think it sold 200 copies in his lifetime right yeah so it was a cataclysmic failure but it was maybe the most impactful book of philosophy in the last 150 years”
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The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a complex philosophical novel that explores faith, doubt, morality, and free will through the tumultuous relationships of the Karamazov family.
Discussed“so in the Brothers karamazov the hero is a noviciate named elosha and he's contrasted alosia is a very good person but he's not an intellectual and his arguments aren't as tightly formulated and pointed as they might be”
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The Idiot
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a classic 19th-century Russian novel that examines the profound societal consequences of introducing a genuinely good, innocent, and Christ-like protagonist, Prince Myshkin, into a corrupt and cynical world.
Discussed“he does the same thing in his book The Idiot which is about a prince who's an analog of Christ who is a holy fool and and who people have some pity for but he's a he's a very good person”
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The Last Temptation of Christ
Discussed“that was Nikos kazus work right he got excommunicated right”
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The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov is an absolute staggering masterpiece of Russian literature written in the 1930s that features parallel intertwined lives, the devil coming to earth in the Soviet Union, and a touch of magic.
Recommended“The Master and Margarita do you know that book oh you need to know the Master and Margarita it's it's it's an absolute staggering Masterpiece of Russian literature it's a story written in the 1930s by B man named bulgakov Satan comes to Earth in the Soviet Union and he can do whatever he wants because no one believes he”
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Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek is a classic philosophical novel by Nikos Kazantzakis that tells the story of a young Greek intellectual whose life is transformed by an exuberant, earthy working man.
Discussed“he he he did zor of the Greek for example a book most people know about but he wrote a variety of stories that have a very well the is it the Temptation”
