scholarly journals Hoping against Hope: Dealing with Hopelessness in Ancient Times and Today †

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 331
Author(s):  
Joerg Rieger
Keyword(s):  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Apostle Paul ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
Blind Faith

The hope of Abraham was “hope against hope,” the apostle Paul notes in a famous passage in his letter to the Romans 4:18. Such is the hope of the underdog, whose hope is not backed up by the powers that be, manifest by the prevalent empires of the day. Any discussion of hope in this context needs to deal with the limits of hope that have been expressed powerfully by Miguel De La Torre in his book Embracing Hopelessness (2017). As a result, the faith of Abraham that led to hope against hope cannot be blind faith, or what has sometimes been called “the power of positive thinking.” COVID-19 has once again reinforced this insight. Only when the challenges and the roadblocks to faith and hope are seen and embraced, and when false hope is exposed for what it is, can glimpses of real hope break through.

scholarly journals Thinking as a positive mental attitude

2021 ◽  
pp. 163-167
Author(s):  
Elena Davidescu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Mental Attitude ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
Human Attitude ◽  
Difficult Situations

In this article, we want to argue that positive thinking is a human attitude towards the surrounding reality. In the literature, the power of positive thinking has been known since ancient times. Recent research shows that people with positive thinking do better in difficult situations, have a greater capacity for physical and intellectual effort, cope better in stressful situations and are better able to achieve superior results than others with similar skills are. It is positive thinking that transforms, renews, and reshapes human behavior.

Blind faith

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Durney
Keyword(s):  
Blind Faith

History of thyroid surgery

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (11) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Technique ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Thyroid Surgery ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Times

The authors present an outline of the development of thyroid surgery from the ancient times to the beginning of the 20th century, when the definitive surgical technique have been developed and the physiologic and pathopfysiologic consequences of thyroid resections have been described. The key representatives, as well as the contribution of the most influential czech surgeons are mentioned.

Heracles and epilepsy: the sacred disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 (10) ◽  
pp. 660-662
Author(s):  
Eduardo ORREGO-GONZÁLEZ ◽  
Ana PERALTA-GARCÍA ◽  
Leonardo PALACIOS-SÁNCHEZ
Keyword(s):  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Greek Mythology ◽  
Corpus Hippocraticum ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
The Many

ABSTRACT Epilepsy is one of the most dreaded and terrifying human afflictions. One of the many names it has received was Sacred Disease, during Greek times. Heracles served as a source of the divine connotation that epilepsy received in ancient times, as he was one of the most important demigods in Greek mythology. However, several authors have attributed Heracles’ actions to a seizure, including Hippocrates, who described the sacred disease on his “Corpus Hippocraticum.” This paper reviewed some of the publications on the myth and content of the text of Hippocrates, in relation to the current knowledge of the disease.

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