Great Regulars: . . . the nature of things is tragic

And meaningful beyond words, that to have lived
Even if once only, once and no more,
Will have been-oh, how truly-worth it.

Now it may seem at first glance that if [John Hall] Wheelock's outlook is truly religious--as I think it is--then [Ludwig] Wittgenstein is simply and entirely wrong. But I don't think that is the case. Wittgenstein correctly understands that the truly religious man sees things differently. But he incorrectly assumes that this involves a failure to recognize the tragic, whereas it is precisely the tragic that the religious man sees differently.

from Frank Wilson: When Falls the ColiseumThe truly religious man and tragedy

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