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Ecclesiastes 9:13

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Jerome

"This, too, I have observed about wisdom under the sun, and it affected me profoundly: there was a small town with only a few inhabitants; and a mighty king came upon it and surrounded it, and built great siege works over it. Present in the city was a poor wise man who by his wisdom saved the town. Yet no one remembered that poor man. …

Commentary on Ecclesiastes ↗

Bonaventure

Second, the defect of order in the governance of providence is shown in particular, and this in three ways. "This wisdom also I have seen under the sun." He determined above the deficiency of the governance of providence in general; here he intends to show in particular, namely concerning prelacy, because the wise are despised and fools are promoted. There are therefore in this part three parts. …

Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Chapter 9 ↗