DE Weekly: Wisdom, Vanity, & The Book of Ecclesiastes

“What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.” (Ecclesiastes 1:3-4)

This is an existential question as old as humanity itself. It seems impossible for us as human beings to truly answer such questions as: why do things happen the way they do? Why should we strive in life––to be anything––when we are all going to die? Why strive to be good, to be rich, to be intelligent…why? Why are we here?