[Greek: Pollo to phronein eudaimonias proton uparchei.][23]
he says in one place—wisdom is the greatest part of happiness; and again, in another passage, he declares that the life of the thoughtless is the most pleasant of all—
[Greek: En ta phronein gar maeden aedistos bios.][24] The philosophers of the Old Testament find themselves in a like contradiction.
The life of a fool is worse than death[25]