Tragedy, the Greeks, and UsBy: Simon Critchley From the moderator of The New York Times philosophy blog "The Stone," a book that argues that if we want to understand ourselves we have to go back to theater, to the stage of our lives Engaging and congenial . . . makes the cogent, compelling argument that we ignore Greek Tragedy at our own peril. New York Journal of Books Tragedy presents a world of conflict and troubling emotion, a world where private and public lives collide