Aron van Os - Philosophy, Nietzsche, Meaning Crisis, and Christianity - Lucas Vos Podcast #2

Aron van Os is a philosophy teacher at Utrecht University and he makes (if you ask me) beautiful music in his spare time. Today we discuss his personal life, philosophical journey and work, music, and I throw some of the big questions of life at him toward the end.

Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction (03:30) Aron’s road to philosophy (08:26) Who is Nietzsche? (13:44) What made you interested in Nietzsche? (16:11) God is dead and we killed him (20:41) Nietzsche and the meaning crisis (28:21) Can you have Christian values without being Christian? (32:20) Agreements and disagreements with Nietzsche (38:34) How do you reconcile Nietzsche’s views with your Christian identity? (45:26) Aron’s difficulties with embracing Christianity and his search for Truth (50:03) Are there currently answers the meaning crisis? (54:22) What story speaks to you? (57:11) Are you doing what you’re made to do? (58:34) Where do you find meaning in life? (01:03:00) Music and the value of serving others (01:08:48) Do you fear death? (01:14:30) Aron speaking at Breakwater Festival in Mannheim

 

Breakwater Festival: Event Details and Tickets: https://buytickets.at/breakwater/935800 T-shirts: https://buytickets.at/breakwater/store Discord: tinyurl.com/BreakwaterDiscord Festival Email: contact.breakwater@gmail.com Flyer: https://bit.ly/breakwaterfestival2023 Announcement episode on Paul Vanderklays youtube channel with some more insights about the festival. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au1tN6ryHHg&t=73s 

Youtube link of the episode (with video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN6_ho6ocDY&t=187s