D.C. Schindler - Childhood, Faith, Plato, Pirsig & The Meaning Crisis - Lucas Vos Podcast #38

D.C. Schindler is a professor of metaphysics and anthropology at the John Paul II Institute, Washington, DC. David is wonderful in conversation and one of the best authors I've ever read. Please find his books here: https://www.amazon.com/Books-D-C-Schindler/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AD.+C.+Schindler (0:00) Introduction: David's background and upbringing (07:08) Pirsig and connections between David and myself (12:46) Charles Péguy and getting beyond words (15:14) Is reality by necessity paradoxical? Reference: G.K. Chesterton "Orthodoxy"  (17:27) Is the Good equivalent to God?  (23:37) Is Christ a symbol? reference: Hans Urs von Balthasar (26:39) Wolfgang Smith: East vs. West, Gibson, Corporeal vs. Physical.  (33:21) The Meaning Crisis and John Vervaeke (37:39) Grasping things in light of the good (40:19) Should we return to or go to the church? (42:40) Are John's practices an answer to the meaning crisis? (44:48) "Perfect freedom is (thus) identical to absolute obedience to what is absolute" (47:42) What are gods? (50:45) Have you had spiritual experiences that inform your thinking? (52:26) Philosophy requires an intrinsic need for writing (54:03) Thanks and outro