Greek Tragedy: Suffering Leads to Wisdom

Hear Thomas Merton's spiritually edifying voice. Originally recorded in August of 1965 at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, "Greek Tragedy: Suffering Leads to Wisdom" considers the parallels between ancient Greek models of suffering (with Sophocles's playAntigoneas an exponent) and Judeo-Christian ideas about suffering and the creation of meaning. This was among the last classes that Merton ever gave to the novice monks at Gethsemani. Now You Know Media-through its exclusive partnership with the Merton Legacy Trust and the Thomas Merton Center-is proud to offer a wide selection of archival recordings of Thomas Merton: a Trappist monk, great twentieth-century mystic, and beloved author of the 1948 autobiography,The Seven Storey Mountain. As "Greek Tragedy: Suffering Leads to Wisdom" attests, Merton was also a teacherpar excellencewho guided his students with wit, wisdom, and a wealth of knowledge.