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Sep 2024
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482. The Meaning Crisis: Resolution | Dr...

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down in person with associate professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, author, and podcaster, Dr. John Vervaeke. They discuss the alignment between the Gospel accounts and Western civilization; Neoplatonism as it applies to Christianity; the voluntary necessity of reason, love, and beauty; and what really caused the R ... Show More
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