MEN WITHOUT HOPE

Deep hope: a song without words.

Hope helps alleviate suffering. In the case of terminal illness, recent experience in palliative medicine has taught physicians that hope is durable and often thrives even in the face of imminent death. In this article, I examine the perspectives of philosophers, theologians, psychologists, clinicians, neuroscientists, and poets, and provide a series of observations, connections, and gestures a...

Hope against Hope

In the penultimate chapter of the Bible, in the opening statement of the very last speech God makes in the whole of the Christian Scriptures, God says: "Behold I am making all things new" (Rev 21:5). The prophet sees the old heavens and the old earth the universe as it now is passing away, and new heavens and a new earth, God's new creation of all things, coming into being. It is not that God r...

The Role of Personality traits in Prediction of Hope in Men with Cardiovascular Disease

Background: The present study has been done with the primary goal of investigating the role of personality traits in predicting hope in men with cardiovascular disease. Methods:  The type of current research was correlation a land the study population consisted of 200 men with cardiovascular disease chosen by convenience sampling method from people referring to the medical centers in Tehran. F...

The Comparison of Quality of Life and Hope in Obese Women with and without Diet Therapy

Objective: The treatment of obesity besides weight loss will have numerous psychological effects. The obese patients have different body image, poor hope and quality of life that influence the process of their treatment. The aim of this study was to compare body image, quality of life and hope in obese women with diet therapy and obese women who are not under diet therapy. Materials and Method...

"Hope, Danger's Comforter": Thucydides, Hope, Politics