Ecclesiastes

            In examining the nature of our society one cannot define its ways as purely white or pitifully black. Our environment metaphorically resembles in our Earth's daily functions through the two complete opposites of day and night. Nature simply suggests to us that indeed our world and our people know no terminal ends, but only a world fulfilled with live, color and reality. Through this bright shade the quotation from the first chapter of Ecclesiastes holds little truth. On the other hand we do not willfully strive to learn, but to simply satisfy our basic impulses. The "Id" and "Ego" of human nature reveal earthlings as simple and lacking much wisdom. From this angle, the quote does resemble a universal truth. But after considering human intellect and how it has influenced our world's progress the converse of the Bible's message gathers as much if not more truth.
             From one outlook, we can conclude that human nature is all too simple; we long to satisfy ourselves in the easiest way we are able to. Naturally we have no desire to acquire knowledge, yet from birth we are thought that education is vital part of our lives. Just by taking a look at an infants innocent, satisfactory and worry-free life, it is evident that knowledge is not a necessarily a key ingredient for happiness. Over time as that toddler increases his knowledge of the world around him, his satisfaction with it drastically decreases. The relationship between knowledge and happiness can be described as inversely proportional. As one gains knowledge, their simplistic satisfaction with life decreases. In exploring our lives in such artlessness, the quote, ".wisdom is much grief." proves true. Unfortunately the truth of our existence is not so simple and innocent. As we continue to discover the way our world works, we will continue to gain "unwanted" knowledge. In ancient times everything was very primitive. Humans followed not textbooks but natural instincts to survive.