Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2023-06-29
Steven Bartlett & Russell Brand: books mentioned on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Russell Brand FINALLY Opens Up: Escaping A Lifetime Of Anxiety, Addiction & Finding Love!
Russell began his career in stand up comedy, gaining recognition at the ‘Hackney Empire New Act of the Year’ in 2000. In the same year he became a video journalist for MTV.
Russell Brand recommended The perennial philosophy by Aldous Huxley, and discussed Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mere Christianity
Discussed“All of us know what love is. All of us know what intuition is. All of us know as CS Lewis beautifully outlines in mere Christianity when we have transgressed against some moral code that appears to have been instilled”
Where to get it
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The perennial philosophy
Recommended“I suppose if you want some help, perennialism by Aldis Huxley is a good place to look at where he identified in the same way that Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung it could be said, identified respectively that there are mythic tropes that appear to recur in all cultures. He began to write a a famous book which I believe”
Where to get it
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