Why Hope Cannot Be an Intellectual Virtue: Rationality of Hope Considered from an Analytic Perspective

On Hope as a Moral Virtue

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...

How and why hyperbaric oxygen therapy can bring new hope for children suffering from cerebral palsy--an editorial perspective.

1 The Institute of Hyperbaric Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel 2 Research and Development Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel 3 Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel 4 Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel 5 The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Physics and Astronomy, ...

Cataract surgery alone cannot be considered an IOP-lowering procedure for open-angle glaucoma patients: an evidence-based perspective.

Due to the significant coexistence of cataract and glaucoma, cataract surgery has become a routine procedure in a glaucoma surgeon’s practice. The indication of cataract surgery in glaucoma patients usually differs from that in ordinary cases, either because of the intraoperative technique and perioperative care or because of the expected results. The approach also varies significantly among pa...

Effectiveness of An Islamic Approach to Hope Therapy on Hope, Depression, and Anxiety in Comparison with Conventional Hope Therapy in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

Background and Objective: Hope therapy is an efficient and positive psychology intervention used to treat chronic diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of hope therapy on anxiety and depression using an Islamic approach and compare this approach with conventional hope therapy in coronary heart disease (CAD) patients. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in...