"The word photograph literally means,"light writing", a picture taken with light, "under the sun." That is the method of Ecclesiastes: simple observation. Unlike all the other books in the Bible, it has no faith flashbulb attached to its camera to reveal the inner depths or hidden meanings of life. It uses only the available light "under the sun": sense observation and human reason." -- Peter Kreeft, Three Philosophies of Life
The book of Ecclesiastes is a photograph in the literal sense. It is a writing limited in scope to only that which can be seen under the sun. It assumes nothing beyond the sun and doesn't try to strain its eyes to see something there. It looks baldly at the bare earth. There is no faith, no metaphysical, no spiritual consideration applied or attempted. It is a divinely inspired deep dive into everything to reveal that outside of Him, there is nothing to anything.
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