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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"So I said to myself: the fate of the fool will befall me also; to what advantage then have I become wise? But I concluded that this, too, was vanity. For there is no comparison between the remembrance of the wise and of the fool at all, for as the succeeding days roll by, is all forgotten? How can the wise man's death be like the fool's? …
Bonaventure
And on account of this equality he despised wisdom; therefore he says: "And I said in my heart: if one and the same downfall shall befall both the fool and me, what does it profit me that I have devoted greater effort to wisdom?" as if to say: nothing, as regards death: Ecclesiasticus 40: "The Day of Union, that is, of death, from the one who sits" etc. "And I spoke with my mind," that is, I considered inwardly, and "I perceived that this also was vanity," namely, to devote greater effort to wisdom than the fool. …
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