“Solomon knows that the position of the wise man is better, but he cannot say why. All the data under the sun that he can find shows that the wise and the foolish wind up in the same graveyard. So Solomon expresses his preference for wisdom, a preference suspended, in good Kantian fashion, in mid-air. The categorical imperative, that imperial voice from the void, must be obeyed. At the same time, the wise man is disgusted that he has no reason for trusting his reason, no wisdom as the foundation for his wisdom” (Joy at the End of the Tether, p. 35).
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