Story · 27 · The Sage
'Enjoy life with the one you love'
Kohelet's closest thing to an answer: wear white, enjoy life with the one you love, and do whatever your hand finds to do with all your might.
Your portion is in daily life.
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The advice echoes the alewife Siduri's counsel to Gilgamesh. But where Gilgamesh includes a child, Ecclesiastes emphasizes meaningful work. Kohelet is praised as a teacher of the people who 'repaired' many proverbs.
Bible reference: Ecclesiastes 9:7–10; 12:9–10
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 428–429
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