Ecclesiastes 12:1-8--Death, An Impetus for Life

on how to live life to the fullest (7:4; 12:1-7). "The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning" rather than in "the house of pleasure" (7:4). Such a perspective forces the individual to face the reality of death toward which all life inevitably points. A soberness or an at- titude of reflection thereby is thrust on the individual. "Sorrow pen- etrates the heart, draws the thought upwards ... ................
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