answer was simply ‘to have fun’! Solomon agrees and he simply resolves to find meaning and purpose in life the same way, that is, ‘with pleasure’. The Hebrew word for ‘pleasure’ reflects the ideas of merriment, mirth, amusement, and laughter. In other words, the Preacher decides to cast off all cares of life and live an existence of sensuous-pleasure. The later Greek philosopher Aristippus (5th–4th centuries BC) formalized hedonism into a world and life view. He believed that happiness is the chief