To harvest the day: Th e meaning of life in Montaigne and Ecclesiastes

Authors

  • Antonio Herci Ferreira Júnior

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2594-5920.primeirosestudos.2009.136828

Keywords:

Contrary thought - Pro-to-con - Cyclic time

Abstract

Montaigne, in To study philosophy is to learn to die, in a note of doubtful relevance send us to Ecclesiastes revealing an important characteristic common to both texts: the argumentation of pro-to-con in search of answers. Can we prepare ourselves to die? In face of it is there any profit in our work below the sun? Th e texts oscillate from affirmation to negation, alternatively giving reason to contrary positions: nothing prepares ourselves to death, but all is preparation for it once we are in fact dying. We gain nothing below the sun, but every day we gain in spiritual joy or anguish. We are walking towards death, but the reasons of the texts invite us to harvest the day the meaning of well living

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Published

2009-12-05

Issue

Vol. 7 (2009)

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License

Proposta de Política para Periódicos de Acesso Livre


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How to Cite

Ferreira Júnior, A. H. (2009). To harvest the day: Th e meaning of life in Montaigne and Ecclesiastes. Primeiros Escritos, 7(1), 55-71. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2594-5920.primeirosestudos.2009.136828