Summa Theologiae by St Thomas Aquinas
FS: Treatise On The Passions
Q40 Of The Irascible Passions, And First, Of Hope And Despair
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We must now consider the irascible passions: (1) Hope and despair; (2) Fear and daring; (3) Anger. Under first head there are eight points of inquiry:

A1 Whether hope is the same as desire or cupidity?

A2 Whether hope is in the apprehensive, or in the appetitive faculty?

A3 Whether hope is in dumb animals?

A4 Whether despair is contrary to hope?

A5 Whether experience is a cause of hope?

A6 Whether hope abounds in young men and drunkards?

A7 Concerning the order of hope to love;

A8 Whether love conduces to action?

 
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