...raise you again out of your graves.' "1 To this may be added the opinion of Gregory, " This at least the living know, that they will die : but the dead know nothing, since no further changes remain after the necessary end is fulfilled." 2 " I would earnestly aver,"...

...righteous and the wicked even here,2 far more is the state of all the same in the land of shadows.8 " Every man goes to join the dead. For who is there...any more, for the memory of them has perished. And then- love and their hate and their envy have long since vanished, and to all eternity they have no...

...is full of misery, — and yet after all a living dog is better than a dead lion, for the living do know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all ! We must submit to God. What 1 Ecclesiastes i. 12. else can we do ? It is best to be prudent and to...

...righteous and the wicked even here,4 far more is the state of all the same in the land of shadows.6 " Every man goes to join the dead. For who is there...no share any more in all that is done beneath the sun." 6 In the same way the writer of this story of the witch makes the pious Samuel say to the king,...

...is full of misery, — and yet after all a living dog is better than a dead lion ; for the living do know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all ! We must submit to God. What else can we do ? It is best to be prudent and to fear God, and if a man...

...is joined to all the living there is hope, 4 for as for a dog when living — he is better than the dead lion. For the living know that they will die, but the dead know not 5 anything, and they have no more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. Both their love...

...through their life; and, after that, — to the dead. Yet for all who still live there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; neither is there for them any longer a recompense, for even the memory of them is forgotten. Their...

...of Ecclesiastes (3rd cent. BCE) speak for themselves: "Man has no advantage over the beast" (3:19); "The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all" (9:5). The hook of I'salms is full of attempts to explain the meaning of life on a soundly rational...

...and cherish life itself as a good thing. He who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward. (Eccl. 9:4-5.) In addition, man must create and cultivate the capacity...

...counted among the living there is still hope: remember, 5 a live dog is better than a dead lion. True, the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing. There are no more rewards for them; they are utterly forgotten. [a] So Sept.; Heb. all. [b] and bad:...