Commento su Ecclesiaste 2:14

The wise man, his eyes are in his head. In the beginning [=בְּרֹאשׁוֹ of the matter, he contemplates the end results.¹⁹Note the similarity to “Who is wise? He who visualizes what the future holds,” in Maseches Tamid 32a.

“The wise man, his eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness. I also know that one event will happen to them all” (Ecclesiastes 2:14).
“The wise man, his eyes are in his head…” – the wise man, his eyes are in his head, but the fool, his eyes are in his legs? Rather, when the wise man is still at the beginning of a matter, he knows what will be at its end. Rabbi Meir would call the end of a matter its beginning.⁴³Because one should begin something with the end in mind. Alternatively: “The wise man, his eyes are in his head” – this is Abraham our patriarch; “but the fool walks in darkness” – this is Nimrod; “I also know that one event will happen to them all.”⁴⁴Both the wise man and the fool eventually die.

But I also understood. Also, I [know], who praise the wise man over the fool, I know that they both will die.

But I also understood. Also, I [know], who praise the wise man over the fool, I know that they both will die.

But I also understood. Also, I [know], who praise the wise man over the fool, I know that they both will die.