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Jacob: Wrestling with God

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Origins of Human Habitat

A walled city is an archetypal human habitation maybe it's a reflection of something like a fire in the middle of the plane or the forest or the jungle for that matter. As you move away from the fire you move out into the darkness and what's terrifying out beyond the perimeter are people who aren't like us. The founding of a place is precisely the definition of a an explored center set against the unexplored periphery, he says. Ladders: "The Jacob's ladder" will be released on September 25th at 9 p.m. ET by Simon & Schuster to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

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