Shakespeare… Nietzsche and Ecclesiastes

Shakespeare-Macbeth

“Life’s but a walking shadow,
a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. 
It is a tale told by an idiot,
full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing.”

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“For what purpose humanity is there should not even concern us:
why you are there, that you should ask yourself:
and if you have no ready answer, then set for yourself goals,
high and noble goals, and perish in pursuit of them!
I know of no better life purpose than to perish
in attempting the great and the impossible…”

 

- Nietzsche, unpublished note from 1873

 

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Ecclesiastes 3

There is a time for everything,
And a season for every activity under heaven:
A time to be born and a time to die,
A time to plant and a time to uproot,
A time to kill and a time to heal,
A time to tear down and a time to build,
A time to weep and a time to laugh,
A time to mourn and a time to dance,
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
A time to embrace and a time to refrain,
A time to search and a time to give up,
A time to keep and a time to throw away,
A time to tear and a time to mend,
A time to be silent and a time to speak,
A time to love and a time to hate,
A time for war and a time for peace.
What does the worker gain from his toil?
So I saw that there is nothing better
for a man than to enjoy his work,
because that is his lot.
For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?