Dostoyevski. That’s basically the point of his whole body of work, how to deal with the anxiety that erupts from an atheistic rationalization of the world. Peterson and his ilk commonly reference Dostoyevski as an influence, but if you read say, Crime And Punishment, you’ll see D would not have vibed w most of their conclusions.

Instead he really means to help the misguided fledgling intellectual type. "Hamlet’s” who are caught up in their heads way more than is good for them.