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Join Prof. Thomas Hibbs (Baylor University) and other students to discuss Aquinas on the theological virtue of hope as presented in the Summa Theologiae. The group will meet on Tuesdays and Wednesdays between October 3 and October 25 to discuss short readings on the reading group’s theme.

Description:

The course will focus on a careful reading of the questions on hope in the secunda pars of Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae.  We will begin, however, by examining what Aquinas has to say about the nature and types of sorrow, one species of which is acedia or sloth, which is at the root of the vice of despair, which is opposed to hope.  The course will be conducted as a seminar discussion, with only occasional mini-lectures. 

Readings:

Class 1: ST I-II,Q35,A8 on the species of sorrow; ST II-II,Q20,A1-4 Despair 

Class 2: STII-II,Q21,A1-4 on presumption 

Class 3: STII-II,Q17,A1-4 on hope in itself 

Class 4: STII-II,Q17,A5-8 on hope in itself 

Class 5: STII-II,Q18,A1-4 on the subject of hope  

Class 6: STII-II,Q19,A1-6 on the gift of fear  

Class 7: STII-II,Q19,A7-12 on the gift of fear  

Class 8: STI-II,Q38,A1-5 on remedies of sorrow 

When? Tuesdays and Wednesdays between October 3 and October 25

What time? 12:00-1:00 pm ET

Where? Zoom

Who can apply? Graduate and undergraduate students. Young professional applicants will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Application Deadline? September 26

Space is limited. These reading groups are intentionally small to facilitate good discussion. If you are admitted, please be diligent in attending. Additionally, if you are not admitted to this group, we encourage you to apply to other groups later in the semester.

Applications for this reading group have closed.