Abstract
The article, first of all, reflects on the nature of hope, as a particular type of desire for a good that is not certain and not easily accessible, and highlights its relationship with the future and with action: hope is usually active, it is energy that drives activity, it helps us not to give up, nourishes fortitude, sometimes even in tragic conditions, but, in other cases, it can encourage passivity.
Then it reflects on the great human hope, as a desire (often not thematized by the human being) for a relationship-communion with the Infinite Good-Person.
Then it argues that hope can be a source of virtue, but also of evil, as for example in the case of political messianisms, which have cultivated a false hope: the good which is the object of the great radical hope must concern our personal destiny after death.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] The hope and the dawning of the in front of us |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Title of host publication | Virtù, legge e fioritura umana. Saggi in onore di Angelo Campodonico. |
| Pages | 453-466 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- desiderio
- desire
- hope
- messianismi politici
- political messianisms
- speranza
- virtues/evil
- virtù/malvagità