📚 5 Books mentioned in "Truth as Glorious Adventure | Douglas Murray | EP 376" of The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

It's probably that, and in my case, the great good fortune of being brought up with the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. If you have them in your head and recite them every Sunday, it gives you a pretty good idea of how to cadence the English language.

Douglas Murray reflects on how reading the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer throughout his upbringing contributed significantly to his understanding of English language cadence.

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She said, 'I'm translating Don Juan of Lord Byron's in my head.' Now the poem is 17,000 lines. He said, 'Okay, I'll give you a piece of paper and a pen, and I'll come back in the morning.'

Douglas Murray recounts how a Russian woman is translating the poem *Don Juan* by Lord Byron while she is imprisoned.

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So, I've been considering the Book of Job in some depth recently, and it's a very interesting book that pertains to purpose. By the time the Book of Job is written and eventually introduced into the biblical corpus, there's a real transformation in the conceptualization of God.

Dr. Peterson discusses the Book of Job and its relevance to understanding purpose, highlighting its significance in the evolution of the concept of God.

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That's one of the things Pinker is right about in 'The Blank Slate'—violent deaths in tribal societies in pre-modernity were way higher than the average violent deaths of a European male in the 20th century. So, to some extent, this is a natural state.

Dr. Peterson discusses the book ‘The Blank Slate’ by Steven Pinker, highlighting how Pinker argues that the violent deaths in pre-modern tribal societies were significantly higher than those of 20th-century European males.

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I'm speaking with author, columnist, and political commentator Douglas Murray, who has been on my podcast a number of times. We talked about his latest book not so long ago, titled 'The War on the West.'

In this segment, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson introduces Douglas Murray, a prominent author, columnist, and political commentator. They discuss Murray's latest book, 'The War on the West,' highlighting their previous conversations and the insights shared in the book.

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I gave the example in my last book, 'The War on the West,' of a rather delicious yet savage lesson a group of French sailors learned after Rousseau's writings. They were heavily influenced by Rousseau, land on an island in New Zealand, and assume the native people live in a state of nature.

In this segment, Douglas Murray refers to his book 'The War on the West,' explaining how a group of French sailors, influenced by Rousseau's writings, learned a profound lesson when they arrived on an island in New Zealand and mistakenly believed the native population lived in a state of nature.

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