Olympiodorus of Alexandria

In his own words on Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 1:5

  The great sun, when compared with the Sun of righteousness, is vanity.

  COMMENTARY ON ECCLESIASTES 1:5

• Ecclesiastes 1:6

  According to the narrative he calls the sun wind, due to the speed of its movement.

  COMMENTARY ON ECCLESIASTES 1:6

• Ecclesiastes 1:8

  All writings, both of secular and of divine wisdom, yield instruction when effort is applied.

  COMMENTARY ON ECCLESIASTES 1:8

• Ecclesiastes 2:3

  It is not the acuity of the mind but rather the disposition of the soul, being employed beneficially or shamefully in making use of the gift, which is to be praised or condemned.

  COMMENTARY ON ECCLESIASTES 2:3

• Ecclesiastes 3:19

  Ecclesiastes teaches us from this not to attend to our physical needs but to our spiritual existence.

  COMMENTARY ON ECCLESIASTES 3:19

• Ecclesiastes 3:21

  Ecclesiastes, instructing us through enigmas, guides us to the other life.

  COMMENTARY ON ECCLESIASTES 3:21