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278. The Matter with Things | Iain McGilchrist

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Mephistopheles creto says that being is permeated by suffering and catastrophe. And so tis this left hemisphere of phantasy that we can create a world which all is simply peace and joy. I don't believe that this is a possibility. Blake atchtey also said that in heaven there must be some degree of suffering, otherwise there couldn't be joy. We both operate to some degree at the nexus n biological psychiatry and neurology and philosophy - especially philosophy associated with narrative.

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