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Re:Ikigai: What We Got Wrong and How to Find Meaning in Life by UncleOxidant on Thursday March 21, 2024 @01:08PM (#39781361)
Ecclesiastes, probably the first existential text that we have. In a lot of ways it seems really contemporary.
Re:Ikigai: What We Got Wrong and How to Find Meaning in Life by graemep on Thursday March 21, 2024 @02:50PM (#39782789)
There was a question some months ago on the Academic Bibical Reddit asking what religious text non-religious people there liked the most and it was by far the most popular with them.

I read a bit again recently because someone quoted part of what I quoted with regard to work and education, and it really does feel contemporary. That said, it is not that uncommon for ancient texts to feel relevant. I do not read a lot of ancient texts but one I did recently, pseudo-Xenophon's Constitution of the Athenians had several things, including a great passage about the rich and democracy.

There is a lovely reading of it by David Suchet that is on Youtube.