Cedric MASSOULIER
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Vanitas
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Cem_Usakligil
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Hi Cedric,
Cheers,
Despite the above description in Compact Oxford English Dictionary, I cannot really associate the title Vanity with the picture. Care to enlighten this ignorant guy please? ;-)
Cheers,
Cedric MASSOULIER
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I made a translation error...
Correct title in english is not "vanity" but "vanitas" !
Its is a fine arts type of painting :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanitas
Correct title in english is not "vanity" but "vanitas" !
Its is a fine arts type of painting :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanitas
Pablo Montes
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vanitas...as life and effort is in front of imminent death.
Asher Kelman
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"Vanity of vanities; all is vanity!" Ecclesiastes, Old Testament. Author according to the writing, is the son of kind David, King Solomon.
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”
3 What advantage does man have in all his work
Which he does under the sun?
4 A generation goes and a generation comes,
But the earth remains forever.
5 Also, the sun rises and the sun sets;
And hastening to its place it rises there again.
6 Blowing toward the south,
Then turning toward the north,
The wind continues swirling along;
And on its circular courses the wind returns.
7 All the rivers flow into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers flow,
There they flow again.
8 All things are wearisome;
Man is not able to tell it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
9 That which has been is that which will be,
And that which has been done is that which will be done.
So there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there anything of which one might say,
“See this, it is new”?
Already it has existed for ages
Which were before us.
11 There is no remembrance of earlier things;
And also of the later things which will occur,
There will be for them no remembrance
Among those who will come later still.
The cycle of rivers and rain go on endlessly, life and death but there is nothing more than there was. That's the idea. So the skull in the arm of a pondering man might mean he's reflecting on all this.
Asher
Likely this was not written by Solomon (1000 BCE) as for example words like Pardes, (paradise), of Persion origin, centuries later, are included. Still, it's a remarkable poetic book despite it's pessimism. What it does do is end up with the assertion that the only meaning that can come from all our industry and struggle is from faith in God.
Joseph Talushkin saw it in the words of Albert Camus better put:
"One can't stop slaughter of children in the world but at least one can strive to cut down the number."
Can someone give me the original French and any photographs of Camus?
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”
3 What advantage does man have in all his work
Which he does under the sun?
4 A generation goes and a generation comes,
But the earth remains forever.
5 Also, the sun rises and the sun sets;
And hastening to its place it rises there again.
6 Blowing toward the south,
Then turning toward the north,
The wind continues swirling along;
And on its circular courses the wind returns.
7 All the rivers flow into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers flow,
There they flow again.
8 All things are wearisome;
Man is not able to tell it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
9 That which has been is that which will be,
And that which has been done is that which will be done.
So there is nothing new under the sun.
10 Is there anything of which one might say,
“See this, it is new”?
Already it has existed for ages
Which were before us.
11 There is no remembrance of earlier things;
And also of the later things which will occur,
There will be for them no remembrance
Among those who will come later still.
The cycle of rivers and rain go on endlessly, life and death but there is nothing more than there was. That's the idea. So the skull in the arm of a pondering man might mean he's reflecting on all this.
Asher
Likely this was not written by Solomon (1000 BCE) as for example words like Pardes, (paradise), of Persion origin, centuries later, are included. Still, it's a remarkable poetic book despite it's pessimism. What it does do is end up with the assertion that the only meaning that can come from all our industry and struggle is from faith in God.
Joseph Talushkin saw it in the words of Albert Camus better put:
"One can't stop slaughter of children in the world but at least one can strive to cut down the number."
Can someone give me the original French and any photographs of Camus?
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