Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2021-09-27
Books mentioned on 194. Searching for God within Oxford and Cambridge | James Orr & Nigel Biggar
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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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“i thought i could go and read the confessions and the trinitate and the city of god and and try and work out what augustine has to say about identity”
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City of God
Augustine of Hippo's City of God is a monumental theological work written to comfort Christians and defend the faith against accusations that it caused the fall of the Roman Empire.
Discussed“i thought i could go and read the confessions and the trinitate and the city of god and and try and work out what augustine has to say about identity”
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The ethics of authenticity
The ethics of authenticity by Charles Taylor is a concise work of political theory that explores the moral landscape of modern individualism and identity.
Discussed“it reminds me of uh what your compatriot charles taylor once wrote in in his best shortest book i'm glad to say the ethics of authenticity”
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Critique of Pure Reason
Critique of Pure Reason is a foundational philosophical work by Immanuel Kant that investigates the limits and structure of human knowledge.
Discussed“but the the explosion occurs in 1781 with the critique of pure reason”
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The Conscious Mind
Discussed“i mean you mentioned david chalmers as you say this brilliant young philosopher who in 1994 published his phd thesis the conscious mind which brought back in onto the table that what he called the hard problem of consciousness”
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In Order to Live
In Order to Live is a memoir by Yeonmi Park and Maryanne Vollers that chronicles the author's harrowing escape from North Korea and her journey to freedom.
Discussed“she wrote this book called in order to live which is a harrowing book although i don't think it's as harrying to read as it is harrowing to talk to her”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and then after she wrote her book which was inspired by the way by george orwell's animal farm it was very interesting”