Wisdoms Melancholy

Wisdom's Melancholy Man has always been characterized as a curious creature, desiring to learn and expand his knowledge base. In the past men have defied everything in nature and in their souls to just find the answer to their most vexing questions. Ecclesiastes correctly proclaims that the wisdom and knowledge man lusts after leads to sadness and mourning. Knowledge has been repeatedly abused and has caused a countless amount of deaths and a plethora of …

…Many Americans stayed awake at night, worrying that the Soviets would bomb them. The atomic bomb has lived up to its reputation as a vicious massacring device whose discovery has caused many deaths and much sorrow. Following the desires of human nature, people have sacrificed their time, money, happiness, and lives to seek-out knowledge and wisdom. Despite knowledge's consistent outcome of sorrow, suffering and grief, humans will still crave the unknown, seeking its bittersweet wisdom.