Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2024-09-19
Jordan Peterson & John Vervaeke: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #482
482. The Meaning Crisis: Resolution | Dr. John Vervaeke
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down in person with associate professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, author, and podcaster, Dr. John Vervaeke.
John Vervaeke discussed The Reasons of Love by Harry G. Frankfurt, Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, The Republic, The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann, and La Peste by Albert Camus. Jordan Peterson discussed Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein.
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The Reasons of Love
Discussed“and then there's another thing that seems to be voluntary necessity which which is what his book is about reasons for love love is a voluntary necessity”
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Lord of Light
Discussed“and I read a book by Roger zasi called Lord of Light that introduced me to Buddhism and Hinduism and the power of myth”
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Stranger in a Strange Land
Discussed“heand does the same thing with Stranger in a Strange Land right because and it's so interesting because musk named his AI grock after Valentine Smith”
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The Republic
Discussed“I took an intro to philosophy course and we read the Republic and I met Socrates”
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The Brothers Karamazov
Discussed“And maybe we could do that by referring to the Grand Inquisitor in the Brothers Karamazov, as long as we put it together with Notes from Underground, which I just taught for a course. I did a course on literature in the meaning crisis, and so I that you use notes.”
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Notes from Underground
Discussed“And maybe we could do that by referring to the Grand Inquisitor in the Brothers Karamazov, as long as we put it together with Notes from Underground, which I just taught for a course. I did a course on literature in the meaning crisis, and so I that you use notes.”
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Moby Dick
Discussed“You know, I did a course on Moby Dick, Heart of Darkness, Notes from Underground, Death in Venice, and The Plague—all one course. Oh yeah, that's fun.”
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Heart of Darkness
Discussed“You know, I did a course on Moby Dick, Heart of Darkness, Notes from Underground, Death in Venice, and The Plague—all one course. Oh yeah, that's fun.”
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Tod in Venedig
Discussed“You know, I did a course on Moby Dick, Heart of Darkness, Notes from Underground, Death in Venice, and The Plague—all one course. Oh yeah, that's fun.”
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La Peste
Discussed“You know, I did a course on Moby Dick, Heart of Darkness, Notes from Underground, Death in Venice, and The Plague—all one course. Oh yeah, that's fun.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged We Who Wrestle with God
“well one of one of the things that I wrote about I have a new book coming out in November and I actually Drew somewhat heavily on Richard Dawkins for parts of the book we who wrestle with we who wrestle with God”
“so uh so first big news uh the book form of Awakening from the meaning crisis is coming out uh uh the 29th of this month”