Bonaventure

Here he calls back a third time from scrutinizing lofty things and inquiring into them, and this, since he has enough to do in knowing his own evils, or common ones. Therefore he says: "What need is there for a man to seek things greater than himself?" as if to say, there is no need: Sirach 3: "Seek not the things that are too high for thee, and search not into things above thy strength"; and Romans 11: "Be not high-minded, but fear." And he adds the reason why he ought not to seek greater things: "Since he does not know what is …

Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Chapter 7 ↗