Letter 2: The Idea of Ecclesiastes

I have no idea whether you have ever studied the book of Ecclesiastes, which I have chosen for our first study.  If you have, you won’t need much introduction.  I know, however, that at your age I knew exactly nothing of the book and so I shall assume that you know as little as I did at your age and begin from scratch. I think I shall begin by mentioning why I am interested in this book.  When I was a freshman in college (I went to Trinity), our very first assignment in philosophy was to use...