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A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry.
— Ecclesiastes 8:15 · The Bible
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An editorial interpretation.
Ordinary pleasures are placed at the top of what life offers. Eating, drinking and being merry make enjoyment concrete rather than abstract. Within this excerpt, the emphasis falls on valuing the experience of living, without specifying how that judgment relates to the surrounding argument.
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