2 And I
thought the dead, who have already died,
more
fortunate than the living, who are still alive;
3 but
better than both is the one who has not yet been,
and
has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.
To be
or not to be
Hamlet’s
unresolved question
Qoheleth
says NOT
To
know or not to know
What
you don’t know can’t hurt you
Qoheleth’s
concept
The
dead do not know
Anything
about their state
They can’t
be happy
Un-conceived
unborn
All
things unconceivable
So why
the question
The state
of nonbeing
Being without
existence
Virtual
being
In
extreme suffering or depression,
nonbeing seems preferable to being.
©2013,
Qoheleth
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