ISBN: 9781154154207

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915. Excerpt: ... WHAT MAY I HOPE? CHAPTER I NATURE AND SOURCES OF HOPE T is recorded as a tradition of that semimythical philosopher, Thales of Miletus, that on being asked what possession of all those within the grasp of man is most universal, he answered: Hope; for they who have it, often have nothing else. Now Thales lived six and a quarter centuries before the Christian era. He was assigned the headship of the Seven Wise Men as an evidence of the esteem in which his practical wisdom and statesmanlike ability were held. But he was also credited with much mathematical and astronomical knowledge; and he was the first to turn the currents of Greek thinking, in its efforts to explain the world of experience, away from an appeal to the spiritual influences of the gods, toward the efficiency of natural forces that were, from the origin of things, combined with the matter out of which things were believed to have been made. Evidently, then, Hope stood in his thought as a foremost efficient psychological force for explaining the actions of the human race. Something like this same view was concealed in the saying of Goethe who declared, Hope is the second soul of the unhappy;--for this would seem to imply that when all the life has gone out of an individual or a nation, if only the emotion of hoping can be revived, another efficient active principle may be incorporated into the same dead body. Such language as has just been quoted is indeed figurative and does not serve strictly to define either the nature or the sources of the various attitudes of the mind which we are accustomed to characterize by the one word Hope. It does, however, suggest certain important inquiries. Among inquiries into the nature and sources of hope the most obvious one, perhaps, concerns itsel... George Trumbull Ladd, Books, History, What May I Hope?; An Inquiry Into The Sources And Reasonableness Of The Hopes Of Humanity, Especially The Social And Religious Books>History The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Longmans, Green; Publication date: 1915; Subjects: Hope; Fiction / Classics; History / General; Literary Collections / General; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Psychology / Emotions;<

ISBN: 9781154154207

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915. Excerpt: ... WHAT MAY I HOPE? CHAPTER I NATURE AND SOURCES OF HOPE T is recorded as a tradition of that semimythical philosopher, Thales of Miletus, that on being asked what possession of all those within the grasp of man is most universal, he answered: Hope; for they who have it, often have nothing else. Now Thales lived six and a quarter centuries before the Christian era. He was assigned the headship of the Seven Wise Men as an evidence of the esteem in which his practical wisdom and statesmanlike ability were held. But he was also credited with much mathematical and astronomical knowledge; and he was the first to turn the currents of Greek thinking, in its efforts to explain the world of experience, away from an appeal to the spiritual influences of the gods, toward the efficiency of natural forces that were, from the origin of things, combined with the matter out of which things were believed to have been made. Evidently, then, Hope stood in his thought as a foremost efficient psychological force for explaining the actions of the human race. Something like this same view was concealed in the saying of Goethe who declared, Hope is the second soul of the unhappy;--for this would seem to imply that when all the life has gone out of an individual or a nation, if only the emotion of hoping can be revived, another efficient active principle may be incorporated into the same dead body. Such language as has just been quoted is indeed figurative and does not serve strictly to define either the nature or the sources of the various attitudes of the mind which we are accustomed to characterize by the one word Hope. It does, however, suggest certain important inquiries. Among inquiries into the nature and sources of hope the most obvious one, perhaps, concerns itsel... George Trumbull Ladd, Books, History, What May I Hope?; An Inquiry Into The Sources And Reasonableness Of The Hopes Of Humanity, Especially The Social And Religious Books>History, General Books LLC<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 102 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=6mm, Gew.=159gr, [GR: 25500 - TB/Geschichte], [SW: - History - Ge… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 102 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=6mm, Gew.=159gr, [GR: 25500 - TB/Geschichte], [SW: - History - General History], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Longmans, Green; Publication date: 1915; Subjects: Hope; Fiction / Classics; History / General; Literary Collections / General; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Psychology / Emotions; The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Longmans, Green; Publication date: 1915; Subjects: Hope; Fiction / Classics; History / General; Literary Collections / General; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Psychology / Emotions;<

ISBN: 9781154154207

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's web… More...

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Longmans, Green; Publication date: 1915; Subjects: Hope; Fiction / Classics; History / General; Literary Collections / General; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Psychology / Emotions; Books History~~General What-May-I-Hope-An-Inquiry-Into-the-Sources-and-Reasonableness-of-the-Hopes-of-Humanity-Especially-the-Social-and-Religious~~George-Trumbull-Ladd General Books LLC The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: Longmans, Green; Publication date: 1915; Subjects: Hope; Fiction / Classics; History / General; Literary Collections / General; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Psychology / Emotions;<