Foundations of the West | show | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and esteemed colleagues explore ancient cities that shaped the West. Through insightful discussio | dHNfV3lVTzZpYUNrRlU

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00:00Modern people often ask themselves why do I have to study history?

00:07Well, you're a historical being.

00:10You need to know who you are and where you came from and why you think the things you think.

00:17That's why you have to place yourself in the proper tradition.

00:22I'm taking four of my esteemed colleagues and you across the world.

00:28Oh wow, this is amazing.

00:29To rediscover the ways our ancient ancestors developed the ideas that shaped modern society.

00:35It was a monument to civic greatness.

00:38To visit the places where history was made.

00:41That is ash from the actual fires when the Babylonians burned Jerusalem from 2,500 years ago.

00:48To walk the same roads.

00:50We are following the path of the crucifixion.

00:52And experience the same wonder.

01:00We are on the site of a miracle.

01:05What kind of resources can human beings bring to a mysterious but knowable universe?

01:12Science, art, politics, all that makes life wonderful.

01:21And something new about the world is revealed.