Impossibility of progress

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The world is what it is.

V.S. Naipaul

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Impossibility of progress The world

Author

V.S. Naipaul

Source

A Bend in the River

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Novel

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

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Naipaul, V. S. A Bend in the River. Alfred A Knopf, 1979, pt. 1.

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

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Pessimism Impossibility of progress

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Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:15).

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
What profit has a man from all his labor In which he toils under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1:2-3

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Meaninglessness Work Impossibility of progress

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Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Question

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Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Ecclesiastes 1:2-3).

That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

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Past and future Impossibility of progress

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Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Ecclesiastes 1:9).