2014 Personality Lecture 06: Carl Jung (Part 1)

What did Carl Jung think? Why is it important, personally, socially and politically? What did he see as an alternative to nihilism and totalitarianism? How did he understand meaning? How was he influenced by Nietzsche? What is the collective unconscious? How did he conceive of the relationship between dreams and fantasies and the progression of history?

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[tomasbouzek]

this lecture series made me go get my psych degree years after having given up on college education! Cheers from Prague :)

[autumnleaves]

It's good that these lectures from Dr Peterson's Toronto University days have been put on here for a wider audience to enjoy. Much appreciated. Will be slowly working my way through these lectures.

[valerieangell]

One of the things that I really appreciate about Dr Peterson is his pleasure in teaching...good teachers are such treat.I love to watch someone so totally in their element.But I hate his politics.

[practicallypj]

I love the depths in which he dives, and the multi-layered connections he makes in his lectures. I have been starving for this kind of intellectual stimulation that causes me to examine and explore my own depths of imagination.

[t]

I think this is the most enlightening and giving guide, on how to install VLC media player i have ever seen.

[kevinjns]

It was warming to watch Dr. Peterson having fun with his students. Life has been difficult for the man recently. Great passion brings great suffering.

[izzyayoubi]

It is mesmerising to see JP at his best, teaching material that he is enamoured with. Brilliant. As an academic in the making I derive a lot of inspiration from this.

[eternalmind]

5:53 Carl Jung, 37:10 the ideal person, 38:00 conscious cognitive constructs VS religion, 41:35 Jung and us being puppets of the unconscious {Pinocchio}, '' we are social historical cultural creatures '', 52:20 the Lion King,

[emperortarzan]

I've watched a LOT of your lectures. This one is probably my favorite. This one and "phenomenology of the devine VII"

[dedosdigital]

14-17 minutes period . Brilliant succinct statement about Universities, the ideas taught there, and the importance of getting ideas right .

[abandonthisfate]

Honestly, The envy I have for those that were lucky enough to have studied under Dr Peterson, His methods are concise, he also as he has stated many times when he talks he is thinking out loud and seeing if what he says is received and valid and it pretty much always is, He is also a hell of a character and he made what I can tell you from proffessors I have studied under he makes it like an interactive and engaging event, its so deep and informative and he is a man who has a profound kindness and also a great sense of humour, honestly I rolled it back a few times there when he said "Thats Carl Yung" he was so chuffed with that he loved it and it was well received and it made me laugh, truly a man that knows his orientation in the world and a man who uses his abilities to empower through knowledge and in a way I actually enjoy I binge and soak up this stuff like a sponge. just fantastic, he is an academic treasure aand I hope he comes full circle and continues to just enlighten us with his brilliant mind. Thank you Dr Peterson, truly

[RENEEVEE]

“The symbol is greater than visible substance. . . . Unhappy the land that has no symbols, or that chooses their meaning without great care.” 
― Freya Stark, East Is West

[nwayhoncho]

The fact his lectures don’t have millions of views, satisfies and upsets me at the same time

[homunculus]

At around 13:40 the professor mentions how, in Faust, Goethe presented the Devil's (Evil's) hypothesis about life: that it is so unbearably cruel and random that it is best if it had never existed at all. Nietzsche said the exact same thing. In his "Birth of Tragedy" he talks about the tale of King Midas who hunted a wise demon. When he finally captured him he wouldn't let him go unless the demon answered his question. Kind Midas's question to the demon who knew all was "what is best for (a) man to do? What should man pursue?". The demon laughed "Fullish mortal king. Why do you want to know that which you are not meant to know?". The king insisted so the demon finally answered. "The best thing for man is to never have existed at all. The second best thing, if he does exist, is to die as soon as possible". I sense the quasi-divine demon makes the same point as the Devil in Faust

[zilchbupkis]

That why I appreciate the lyrics in the Sympathy for the devil by Rolling Stones
“Stuck around St Petersburg when I saw it was time for a change”

[RamonThomas]

At 54:00 the South African music group Jordan Peterson referred to is Lady Smith Black Mambazo. In fact the Circle of Life was performed by Lebohang “Lebo M.” Morake and his chorus. He is very famous for producing the live shows of Lion King in South Africa.

[KilVall]

Professor Peterson, around 28:00 you say that Jung's vision of Europe swimming in blood came to him in the late 1930's, but according to Sonu Shamdasani's introduction to the Red Book, it came to him twice in 1913, which strengthens your earlier point about Jung's prophetic mind.

[williamwilk]

Jordan you bring the material to life entertain and teach all at same time.

[TansGauntlett]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LISTENING TO DR PETERSON

[Danyelll]

The analogy of Pinocchio to Jung`s process of individuation you make is simply amazing...thanks for that. I will have to re-watch this movie with a whole new eye! :D