Tragic Wisdom and beyond (Northwestern University Studies in Phenomenology & Existenti) by Marcel

by Gabriel Marcel

Book by Marcel, Gabriel

Genres: Philosophy

Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973) was a philosopher, drama critic, playwright and musician. He converted to Catholicism in 1929 and his philosophy was later described as “Christian Existentialism” (most famously in Jean-Paul Sartre's “Existentialism is a Humanism”) a term he initially endorsed but later repudiated. In addition to his numerous philosophical publications, he was the author of some thirty dramatic works. Marcel gave the Gifford Lectures in Aberdeen in 1949–1950, which appeared in print as the two-volume The Mystery of Being, and the William James Lectures at Harvard in 1961–1962, which were collected and published as The Existential Background of Human Dignity.

Reviews

[Chiggins1066 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here we find a collection of essays from French Philosopher and Dramatist Gabriel Marcel. Simultaneously profound and original, Marcel delves deeply into such concepts as Evil and Ontology, offering forth opinions that are neither prejudiced nor tainted. It was Marcel's method of exploration that led me to him, if it could be called exploration. The late Philosopher would have preferred the term exegesis, for he saw vaguely spiritual things in everyday life and human interaction.