PROVERBS AND REFLECTIONS. After asking, What is good for man in life?
(Ecclesiastes 6:12), Qoheleth gives us advice as to what a man may do
by way of mitigating his worries. First of all it is advisable for him
to cultivate seriousness rather than levity (Ecclesiastes 7:1). The
curious remark that a... [ Continue Reading ]
IN DISPRAISE OF WOMEN. All the foregoing maxims have been tested, yet
Qoheleth has not attained wisdom (Ecclesiastes 7:23); the true
inwardness of things, the ultimate reality, is beyond his efforts
(Ecclesiastes 7:24; _cf._ Job 28:12, also Ec. If.). Yet he has learned
that wickedness is folly and f... [ Continue Reading ]