12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

Is the modern world a fortress of order or a kingdom of chaos? Are we born to be free artists of Being or to follow universal Rules? In answering the complex questions of the structure of the world, Dr. Peterson masterfully weaves the postulates of ancient teachings, great literary works, and revelations of modern science and philosophy. Lobsters are unyielding and firm, defending their territory. Chimpanzees are bloodthirsty and prone to hierarchy. Cats are friendly but live on their own. Are people not walking the same paths, balancing between kindness and bitterness, generosity and resentment, nobility and vindictiveness? "12 Rules for Life" - 12 profoundly simple truths, wise laws of existence that dismantle stereotypes and ennoble the mind and spirit of the reader. Jordan Bernt Peterson is a clinical psychologist, philosopher, and professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. He researches state ideologies, religions, personality, and consciousness. Peterson taught mythology to lawyers, doctors, and businessmen, consulted the United Nations Secretary-General on sustainable development, helped his clients manage depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, and schizophrenia, advised senior partners of the largest Canadian law firms, and has given numerous lectures in North America and Europe. The lectures and presentations of this charismatic teacher and thinker have made him a true idol of modern intellectual youth.