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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
“It's why you should read the Meditations”
“It's why you should read the Meditations because this is not just some dry whatever talking to himself”— Lars Brownworth
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Ulysses
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
“my favorite poem”
“there's this poem by Tennyson, Ulysses, my favorite poem. I think it captures the Viking spirit”— Lars Brownworth
The guest's own work
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The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings
Lars Brownworth
“a historian and author of many excellent history books, including The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings and The Normans: From Raiders to Kings”— Lex Fridman
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The Normans: From Raiders to Kings
Lars Brownworth
“author of many excellent history books, including The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings and The Normans: From Raiders to Kings”— Lex Fridman
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
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Beowulf
Anonymous
“He's a ring giver. You know, think Beowulf here, right? He's got this large personal army”— Lars Brownworth
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Vikings
Michael Hirst (inferred)
“since Ragnar is the star of the Vikings TV series, I don't know if you've gotten a chance to watch any of it. Is there any accuracy to it?”— Lex Fridman
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Encounters at the End of the World
Werner Herzog (inferred)
“there's this video of the deranged penguin with the Werner Herzog documentary, where Werner Herzog is like, overdubbing”— Lex Fridman
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Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
“reading Meditations is also just an insight into the mind of a man who's to himself”— Lex Fridman
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Frederick Douglass autobiography
Frederick Douglass
“During grad school, I was reading Frederick Douglass' autobiography, and he said, "I could sit with Plato and Cicero, and they would not flinch."”— Lars Brownworth
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The Volsunga Saga
Anonymous
“let me leave you with some words from the Volsunga Saga, a 13th century Icelandic prose epic”— Lex Fridman
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