ДЖордан (Jordan B Peterson)Annotation
What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist
Jordan B. Peterson’s answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely
combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning
revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.
Humorous, surprising, and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding
boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who
criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on
the street.
What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to tell us about
standing up straight (with our shoulders back) and about success in life? Why
did ancient Egyptians worship the capacity to pay careful attention as the
highest of gods? What dreadful paths do people tread when they become
resentful, arrogant, and vengeful? Dr. Peterson journeys broadly, discussing
discipline, freedom, adventure, and responsibility, distilling the world’s
wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life. 12 Rules for Life
shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith, and human nature while
transforming and ennobling the mind and spirit of its listeners.
- Foreword
- Overture
- RULE 1
- Lobsters—and Territory
- Birds—and Territory
- Conflict—and Territory
- The Neurochemistry of Defeat and Victory
- The Principle of Unequal Distribution
- All the Girls
- The Nature of Nature
- Top and Bottom
- Malfunction
- Rising Up
- RULE 2
- Why Won’t You Just Take Your Damn Pills?
- The Oldest Story and the Nature of the World
- The Domain, Not of Matter, but of What Matters
- Chaos and Order: Personality, Female and Male
- The Garden of Eden
- The Naked Ape
- Good and Evil
- A Spark of the Divine
- RULE 3
- The Old Hometown
- My Friend Chris and His Cousin