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Sometimes, if those who are suffering changed their behaviour, then their lives would unfold less tragically. That's cold comВfort, however, even when true. People get what they deserve, you might contend. In such cases, when it appears to be self-inflicted, it may even seem just. Sometimes suffering is clearly the result of a personal fault such as willful blindness, poor decision-making or malevolence. Everyone is destined for pain and slated for destruction. Why must innocent people suffer so terribly? What kind of bloody, horrible planet is this, anyway? Whenever we experience injustice, real or imagined whenever we encounter tragedy or fall prey to the machiВnations of others whenever we experience the horror and pain of our own apparently arbitrary limitations-the temptation to question Being and then to curse it rises foully from the darkness. People think often in the Mephistophelean manner, although they seldom act upon their thoughts as brutally as the mass murderers of school, college and theatre. Goethe considered this hateful sentiment so important-so key to the central element of vengeful human destructiveness-that he had Mephistopheles say it a second time, phrased somewhat differently, in Part II of the play, written many years later. In Goethe's play, Mephistopheles is the eternal adverВsary of Being. In return, he receives whatever he desires while still alive on Earth. The play's main character, a scholar named Heinrich Faust, trades his immortal soul to the devil, Mephistopheles. What is happening when someone comes to think in this manner? A great German play, Faust: A Tragedy, written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, addresses that issue. 'ДЇor such individuals, the world of experience is insufficient and evil-so to hell with everything! Well, in case you haven't figured it out, I say 'KILL MANKIND.' No one should survive. 'If you recall your history, the Nazis came up with a 'final solution' to the Jewish problem. They appoint themselves supreme adjudicators of reality and find it wanting. People who think such things view Being itself as inequitable and harsh to the point of corruption, and human Being, in particular, as conВtemptible.

They deserve it infinitely more than we do. 'The human race isn't worth fighting for, only worth killing. As one of the members of the Columbine duo wrote: But these murderous individuals had a problem with reality that existed at a religious depth. This is equally true for the Colorado theatre gunman and the Columbine High School killers. It does not seem reasonable to describe the young man who shot twenty children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012 as a religious person. 12 Rules for Life shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith and human nature, while transforming and ennobling the mind and spirit of its readers. Peterson journeys broadly, discussing discipline, freedom, adventure and responsibility, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life. 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 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. Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. 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. What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B.

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