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Dominion
Tom Holland ISBN 0465093523
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Tom Holland ISBN 0465093523
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This book by Tom Holland has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Niall Ferguson, Philip Goff. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-11-16 and the most recent from 2025-04-09. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence the single most transformative development in Western history. Even the increasing number in the West today who have abandoned the faith of their forebears, and dismiss all religion as pointless superstition, remain recognisably its heirs. Seen close-up, the division between a sceptic and a believer may seem unbridgeable. Widen the focus, though, and Christianity’s enduring impact upon the West can be seen in the emergence of much that has traditionally been cast as its nemesis: in science, in secularism, and yes, even in atheism.
“there's wonderful recent book Dominion by Tom Holland which is again the history of the influence of Christianity”— Philip Goff
The guest here is Philip Goff: Philosopher and academic who has built his career defending panpsychism, the view that consciousness goes all the way down to the fundamental building blocks of reality. Author of Galileo's Error and Why? The Purpose of the Universe. Philosopher Philip Goff makes the case for panpsychism, explores consciousness and quantum mechanics, and shares his return to a heretical Christianity.
“Tom Holland has this terrific book, Dominion, which points out that although we think we are secular, in reality, we are still a highly Christian society”— Niall Ferguson
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