"Biblical Series III: God and the Hierarchy of Authority"
• Commenting on a famous quote by Karl Marx.
• Commenting on a famous quote by Karl Marx.
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If religion was "the opium of the masses," then communism was the methamphetamine of the masses.
— Jordan Peterson
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• Commenting on a famous quote by Karl Marx." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Jordan Peterson
Jordan Bernt Peterson (born June 12, 1962) is a Canadian clinical psychologist at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief (1999), 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (2017), Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life (2021) and We Who Wrestle With God (2024)
About Jordan Peterson
Jordan Bernt Peterson (born June 12, 1962) is a Canadian clinical psychologist at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief (1999), 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (2017), Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life (2021) and We Who Wrestle With God (2024)
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