Trac Tadis? Trak Tadis? Tractadis? Tractades?

[lazaria91.livejournal.com]

So in Corazon, Reid and Morgan go to talk to Professor Walker at his office. Reid goes over to the bookshelf and says, "I've never seen a first edition trac tadis before." What is a trac tadis? Because I know I'm not spelling it right to find it in Google. 

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[oldwickedsongs.livejournal.com]

Shot in the dark but he could have been referring to Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus it's a work by Ludwig Wittgenstein who is a contemporary philosopher.

Wittgenstein's work wasn't particularly religious if I remember my philosophy classes correctly but he was on staff at some famous Ivy league school and is considered very influential.

Hope it helps

[zamboni12.livejournal.com]

It´s a word coming from latin "tractatus" and it is a literary form means essay, treatise or debate and discussion (in written form)on some subject. Often used for religious, political, cultural, moral/ethical or (natural)scientific subjects.
A "tractatus" is generally longer and treating it in greater depth than an essay, and more concerned with investigating or exposing the principles of the subject. (I´m a non-native speaker so I hope my explanation makes sense ;-) )

Hope it helps :-)

[thudonkey.livejournal.com]

While both of the above comments are accurate -- and Zamboni's is the general answer -- Wittgenstein's work is the most widely referred to as "the Tractatus" amongst academics in not just philosophy but a variety of different disciplines. When I heard Reid's comment it struck me as odd becuase, as the first author notes, the Tractatus isn't specifically about religion. Nevertheless I was confident that it was Wittgenstein's book that Reid was looking at.

It gave me a happy academic-geek feeling.