On Tragic Wisdom

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2007

Author

Tracy, David

Editor

Vroom, Hendrik M.

Book

Wrestling with God and with Evil

Series Volume

31

Pages

13-24

Publisher

Rodopi

Place Published

Amsterdam

Language

English

Series Title

Currents of Encounter : Studies on the Contact Between Christianity and Other Religions, Beliefs and Cultures

Keywords

necessity
suffering

Annotation

Tracy briefly mentions Weil and her work, especially on necessity, as exemplifying his notion of ‘tragic wisdom’; a vision of life as inescapably shaped by both joy and suffering.