...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.2 " Every man goes to join the dead. For who is there...no share any more in all that is done beneath the sun."4 In the same way the writer of this story of the witch makes the pious Samuel say to the king,...

...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...

...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...

...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:...