“The wise man knows his fate. The fool merely finds it.”
Definition/Summary:
“Fate of all Fools”
- Reference to a scene from Marathon 2 as the name of level 26
It is the epitaph Durandal a (Rampant AI) carved into the moon of Lh’owon on which Tycho’s ship crashed - Latin “Fatum Iustum Stultorum.” and means “The Just Fate of the Foolish” or “The Just Fate of Fools”
- The words have old testament origin as a warning against chasing the wind
- The idea that all material things or labors done for vanity cannot be truly enjoyed and will ultimately be given to those who deserve them after death
The futility of pleasures and possessions and Wisdom excels folly
Hebrew Bible verse Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2
- Told in third person as a “meaning of life” story
Summary
“Nothing worth having comes easy”
- The actions of man are “vain” or “futile” both wise and foolish lives end the same way which is death.
One should enjoy the simple pleasures of daily life and enjoy one’s work for these are gifts from the creator - All things born of hard labor are of the most value.
Expanded info:
- 12So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done?
13 And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.
14The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one fate befalls them both.
15Then I said to myself, “As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said to myself, “This too is vanity.”
16For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise manas with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die!
17So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind. - “As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said to myself, “This too is vanity.”