Reason for Being: A Meditation on Ecclesiastes
By: Jacques Ellul
4.23
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
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Want to Read $ 9.99"First our desire for money is never satisfied. Our pursuit of money is infinite. We can never say: this is enough.... There is never any limit, since in order to set a limit or a stopping point, one would need self-control and wisdom. And if one had these at the outset, he would not have had such a passion for money."-Jacques Ellul, Reason for Being: A Meditation on Ecclesiastes
"First our desire for money is never satisfied. Our pursuit of money is infinite. We can never say: this is enough.... There is never any limit, since in order to set a limit or a stopping point, one would need self-control and wisdom. And if one had these at the outset, he would not have had such a passion for money."-Jacques Ellul, Reason for Being: A Meditation on Ecclesiastes
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12. Reason for Being: A Meditation on Ecclesiastes
By: Jacques Ellul
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Format: 306 pages, Paperback
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"First our desire for money is never satisfied. Our pursuit of money is infinite. We can never say: this is enough.... There is never any limit, since in order to set a limit or a stopping point, one …"-Jacques Ellul, Reason for Being: A Meditation on Ecclesiastes
