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Ecclesiastes 10:3

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Bonaventure

The fool therefore thinks vain things and knows not how to consider things with discernment, neither in himself nor in others, which is a greater disadvantage. Therefore he adds: But also the fool walking in the way, namely in that way which seems good to him: Proverbs 12: "The way of a fool is right in his own eyes." Since he himself is foolish, that is, since he walks foolishly, because in darkness; above in chapter 2: "The fool walks in darkness." He esteems all others to be fools, whence Proverbs 26: "The sluggard seems wiser to …

Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Chapter 10 ↗