Is It a King Solomon, Son of David?

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There's an illusion that this is king solomon, son of david, king of jerusalem. I think it's understood generally that it couldn't have been. The dates are placed at ah between 450 b, cor b c and 200. And so, you know, all the like, wester philosophy is born and evolving during this time.

David and Tamler dive into the book of Ecclesiastes, an absurdist classic that is somehow also a book of the Bible. Is everything meaningless, vain, and a chasing after the wind? Are humans just the same as animals? Are wise people no better off than fools? Will God judge us after we die, rewarding the good people and punishing the shit-heels? What if there is no afterlife and this is all we get? How should we deal with our pointless, unjust existence? Plus we return to our opening-segment bible— Aeon—and talk about an argument for replacing jealousy with...wait for it…compersion.

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