“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36)
Which, Wisdom / Knowledge?
Man’s lures are his personal achievements, once gained.
His 'existential stance toward life', if maintained.
‘Vanity of vanities’ that depress.
This is where silence ('oblivion') and forgetfulness exist.
The ‘consensus of scholars’ supposition this as ‘weariness of the flesh’.
A ‘disquisition on life that tells us’ “vanity of vanities, all is vanity”.
Idolatry of the material world manifests abandonment in the belief in God.
What a world formed where norm becomes infused with “cruelty, ultimate injustice, frustration, no truth or meaning.”
Where life is without reasoning.
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Inspired by The Terror of Existence: From Ecclesiastes to Theatre of the Absurd Kindle Edition by Theodore Dalrymple (Author), Kenneth Francis (Author)
Categories:
disquisition, analogy, bible, birth, character,
Form: Dramatic Verse
K-now the wisdom well,
A-llow your mind to study;
R-esearch an information,
L-et the truth
A-gree.
D-iscern right from wrong,
I-nvestigate in exhaustive way;
A-s the meaning is deep,
S-ixth of October Friday.
A-n inquiry and disquisition
N-eed to be in the middle;
T-o find the core of the matter
A-nd to know the wisdom well
Categories:
disquisition, birthday,
Form: Acrostic