Overcoming Despair: Open Soul, Hope in Dialogue

Q4 Arts and Humanities

Caritas et Veritas Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI:10.32725/cetv.2020.016

Zuzana Svobodová

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Abstract

According to Gabriel Marcel, no task is more important and more complex than looking for ways of confronting and overcoming despair. Therefore, the search for the essence of hope is the objective of this paper. Reference is made to the theme of the open soul in Henri Bergson’s, Gabriel Marcel’s, and Jan Patočka’s works. Such a soul is not centred in itself; moreover, according to Marcel, hope and soul are intrinsically linked together. Hope opens people towards the future. The concept of hope in the biblical context is shown briefl y, according to which hope is in God (Ps 62:5), while God is coming to man. At the same time, biblical texts sketch a pathway to hope setting out from suff ering, through endurance and character (Rom 5:3–4). The paper stresses that hope takes root in dialogue and that a person is empowered to adopt hope as a gift.

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克服绝望:敞开心灵，对话中的希望

加布里埃尔·马塞尔认为，没有比寻找面对和克服绝望的方法更重要、更复杂的任务了。因此，寻找希望的本质是本文研究的目的。在亨利·柏格森、加布里埃尔·马塞尔和扬·帕托卡的作品中，都提到了开放灵魂的主题。这样的灵魂并不以自身为中心;而且，在马塞尔看来，希望和灵魂有着内在的联系。希望使人们走向未来。在圣经的语境中，希望的概念被简要地展示出来，根据这个概念，希望在于上帝(诗62:5)，而上帝正在降临到人类身上。与此同时，圣经经文描绘了一条从苦难出发，通过忍耐和品格走向希望的道路(罗马书5:3-4)。这篇论文强调，希望植根于对话，一个人有能力把希望当作礼物来接受。

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Caritas et Veritas Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies

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