Chapter
Living in a Secular Age
34:31 - 42:10 (07:39)
The idea of living in a secular age means that one's religious beliefs no longer justify conclusions or assumptions about people who don't share the same beliefs. However, it's still possible to live a meaningful and respectable life in a secular world.
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In this podcast the speaker explains the relevance of Nietzsche’s claim that God is dead in a secular age.
34:31 - 37:07 (02:36)
Summary
In this podcast the speaker explains the relevance of Nietzsche’s claim that God is dead in a secular age. The role that religious belief plays in people's lives has changed and Nietzsche’s diagnosis of this condition is still super perceptive today.
ChapterLiving in a Secular Age
Episode#227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker contrasts what it was like to live in a sacred age versus living in a secular age, highlighting how in the past, religion could justify the conclusion that those who didn't believe were less than human.
37:07 - 38:42 (01:34)
Summary
The speaker contrasts what it was like to live in a sacred age versus living in a secular age, highlighting how in the past, religion could justify the conclusion that those who didn't believe were less than human. In contrast, in a secular age, religious belief doesn't justify such a conclusion, and this forms the basis of modern liberalism.
ChapterLiving in a Secular Age
Episode#227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker argues that it is certainly possible for a secular world to be a world in which we live meaningful lives, although it's an undermining thought for religious believers because their belief can't ground their understanding of what they ought to be aiming at in life, in the way it used to be able to.
38:42 - 42:10 (03:28)
Summary
The speaker argues that it is certainly possible for a secular world to be a world in which we live meaningful lives, although it's an undermining thought for religious believers because their belief can't ground their understanding of what they ought to be aiming at in life, in the way it used to be able to.