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Ecclesiastes 2:3Eccl.2.3

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Je résolus en mon coeur de livrer ma chair au vin, tandis que mon coeur me conduirait avec sagesse, et de m'attacher à la folie jusqu'à ce que je visse ce qu'il est bon pour les fils de l'homme de faire sous les cieux pendant le nombre des jours de leur vie.

KJV

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    in. Even so, on the other hand, abstinence conduces to the penetrating power of wisdom, according to Eccles. 2:3, "I thought in my heart to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind in wisdom." Secondly, as regards the. appetite, which is disordered in many ways by i…

  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    Thee, O Lord, from the beginning." Now the use of wine is a hindrance to wisdom, for it is written ( Eccles. 2:3 ): "I thought in my heart to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom." Therefore wine-drinking is altogether unlawful. Objection 2: Further, t…

  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    d by failing to be the humble disciples of truth become the masters of error." Hence it is written ( Eccles. 2:3 ): "I thought in my heart to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom and might avoid folly." Secondly, the study of letters is necessary in th…

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