On The Pursuit Of Wisdom Analysis

On The Pursuit of Wisdom and Knowledge

How many people have heard the term ignorance is bliss? The term “ignorance is bliss” was coined by the poet Thomas Gray in his poem “Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.” Thomas Gray stated in the last stanza of his poem that ignorance is bliss and that it is folly to be wise (CITE THE POEM). Which leads to this question: Will the pursuit of wisdom make you a sad person? King Solomon, one of the greatest kings of israel, was given immense wisdom by God. But despite this, in Ecclesiastes 2: 12-16 (CITATION) he says “12 Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done? 13 I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness. 14 The wise have eyes in their heads, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both. 15 Then I said to myself, ‘The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise?’ I said to myself, ‘This too is meaningless.’ 16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die!’’ So to Solomon, it seems as if wisdom is futile because owning it does not lead to what man most desires: eternal life. But despite this

King Solomon eventually righted his statement eventually by elaborating on the differences between a life lived in folly and a life lived in wisdom. Also, it is clear by taking a look at human life that the pursuit of wisdom is a good thing, and that it does not lead to