THE PROLOGUE
In Which The Problem Of The Book Is Indirectly Stated
Ecclesiastes 1:1
THE search for the _ summum bonum_, the quest of the Chief Good, is
the theme of the book Ecclesiastes. Naturally we look to find this
theme, this problem, this "riddle of the painful earth," distinctly
stated in t... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRST SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wisdom And In Pleasure
Ecclesiastes 1:12; Ecclesiastes 2:1
OPPRESSED by his profound sense of the vanity of the life which man
lives amid the play of permanent natural forces, Coheleth sets out on
the search for that true and supreme Good which it will... [ Continue Reading ]