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The famous and popular Thomistic philosopher addressthe topic of hope from the perspective of human history and asks the questions: ''Is man's hope such that it can find any fulfillment in the field of human history?'' And: ''Is man's human history such that it can give us any grounds not to despair?'' Pieper looks at the movement of history, the idea of progress, man's hope for a better future, and he counters the temptation to despair with a Christian philosophof hope based on faith in divine providence and the compatibility of faith and reason.
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