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Ecclesiastes 6:8

Western Saints

Bonaventure

"What more does he have" etc. He set forth above the remedy against the vanity of malice and against the vanity of avarice: here thirdly he sets forth the remedy against the vanity of imprudence. Against this, however, the supreme remedy is the acquisition of wisdom; and because no one can acquire wisdom unless he has the proper method of learning: therefore this part has two sections. In the first he gives the method, in the second he unfolds the teachings of wisdom, at the passage: "Better is a good name" etc. …

Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Chapter 6 ↗