Timeless Truths: The Link Between Socrates’s Teachings and Jordan Peterson’s ‘12 Rules’

An engraving of the Contemplation of Justice is seen outside the US Supreme Court on Feb. 7, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

I invited Jordan Peterson to my university in 2013, years before he famously opposed Bill C-16. He was very gracious and delivered an interesting lecture based on his book “Maps of Meaning.” Still, I had secretly hoped he would address the subject of an earlier lecture, “The Necessity of Virtue.”