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148. Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard (Existentialism)

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Only Thing One Can't Say Is That It's Rational

Dostoyevsky says, well, lots of things operate according to rational principles. But let's think about history for a minute, especially from the perspective of a thinking and feeling being. Dostoevsky's point is, rationality fails in its analysis of something as com ex and terrible is history. The only thing one can't say is that it's rational. The very word sticks in one's throat.

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