Dialogue with Aron van Os: Nietzsche's Zarathustra (Part 1)

I spoke with Nietzsche scholar Aron van Os about Nietzsche's great work, Thus Spoke Zarathustra. We shared our views about the book and the man who wrote it, and, of course, explored many other topics in the process.

We'll continue this dialogue in a second part soon!

Thus Spoke Zarathustra Commentary (Lampert's Interpretation):
   • Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra: F...  

My first talk with Aron, on his thesis 'The Pious Antichrist':
   • The Pious Antichrist: Nietzsche as a ...  

Aron's channel:
   / @arono9304  

0:00 – Introduction
5:00 – Aron's thoughts on Zarathustra (and Lampert's interpretation)
12:13 – What drew G. P. to Zarathustra; immanent (Dionysian) vs. transcendent ('Crucified') orientations
20:45 – Analysis of the Dance Song (crucial chapter of Zarathustra)
34:03 – Thoughts on the death of God and beauty
43:33 – More on immanence vs. transcendence, and their synthesis in life
1:05:49 – How Zarathustra is a religious text
1:10:39 – Carl Jung's interpretation of Zarathustra
1:21:56 – René Girard's perspective on Nietzsche