The Divine Irony: How Providence Smiles Through Our Foolishness

Irony is another name for Providence.

The word irony has its roots in the ancient Greek eironeía (εἰρωνεία), which means to “feign ignorance.” Socrates used it often with his students by “playing dummy” — pretending not to understand and asking a subtle but revealing question. The student would, then, scratch his head and realize that Socrates wasn’t a dummy at all — he was.

Irony is another…