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Bonaventure, on Eccl 8:7
Bonaventure · c. A.D. 1221–1274
Eccl 8:7 · Douay-Rheims
“Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.”
On this verse:
“And this opportunity is in the present time; and he shows this to be in the present time, showing the future time to be perilous, because it cannot be foreseen: whence he said: He who is ignorant of things past, and things to come he can know by no messenger, because the future can be known far less than the past: above, chapter 7: "Who can tell him what shall be after him?"”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.