Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2023-01-13
Books mentioned on Should We Separate the Art From the Artist? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 20
Stephen Dubner discussed The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. Angela Duckworth discussed Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl and Candide by Francois Voltaire. Also mentioned: Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning by Victor Frankl.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare is a famous Elizabethan comedy and drama exploring complex themes of mercy, justice, and societal prejudice in Renaissance Europe.
Discussed“what about Shakespeare wait what did Shakespeare do he wrote Merchant of Venice okay Harold Bloom maybe the most prominent literary critic of the past generation at least he called Merchant of Venice a profoundly anti-semitic work”
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E.
Discussed“it's actually the great existential psychotherapist Victor Frankel who wrote Man's Search for meaning which was a holocaust Memoir it's a memoir and it's like a philosophical treat this in one what I've come to realize after reading Man's Search for meaning”
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Candide
Candide by Francois Voltaire is a classic philosophical novella that satirizes blind optimism and societal absurdities through the endless misfortunes of its protagonist.
Discussed“I also remember when I was 16 I had to read I think for a French class Candide which I hated by Voltaire I despised it”
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Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning by Viktor Frankl is a profound psychological and philosophical work by a Holocaust survivor that explores how human beings can confront extreme suffering and find profound purpose in life.
Discussed“yeah Victor Frankel wrote this Memoir man search for me because he had been in Nazi concentration camps”
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