This is the Baymaw podcast with Marty Solomon.

I'm his co-host, Brent Billings.

Today, Josh Bosse is bringing in El Grover Fricks to consider what is truly important.

Mm-hmm.

And of course, we're not merely here by ourselves.

We're also including ourselves in the journey

that Kohelet took. And here we are, seven chapters later. Literally, this is right after the

halfway point of the book, right after a major inflection point where Kohelet has brought up

the problem of desire. What a perfect, uh, what a perfect

little conversation to have. But first, as always, in the classic Baymah style, we need to do a little

review, not a review, but a reminder of what we're dealing with here. Because Kohelet is not just any

book. Kohelet is this weird, prophetic, almost philosophical, very provocative book.

I've continued to repeat that little piece of trivia that you shared.

I shouldn't say trivia like it's trivial, but the Mishnaic discussion about if you become

unclean if you hold the book of Kohelet.

But yes, Kohelet, Kohelet is not like other books.

Kohelet is writing a book chiefly of philosophy.

And philosophy, kind of like how we write philosophy.

This is not a normal wisdom literature type of book. But even though it kind of like how we write philosophy. This is not a normal wisdom literature type of book.

But even though it kind of cleaves a little nearer to how we might think of,

you know, kind of philosophical exploration of concepts, ideas,

call it, approaches them very, very differently in that.

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