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This volume is a collection of Josef Pieper’s famous treatises on the three theological virtues of faith, hope, and love. Each of these treatises was originally published as a separate work over a period of 37 years. On Hope was written in 1934 in response to the despair of that era. On Faith was derived from a series of lectures he gave in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His most difficult...

for actions … on the basis of motives.”12 Volition is not merely the will to act; it is not directed solely toward something that is to be “brought about” and that consequently is not yet real. Rather, so say the ancients, volition has also the property of “wanting”, affirming, loving, what already exists. Love is participation in and consummation of the beloved’s being, as it is. It is, incidentally, not quite precise to say that in the traditional conception of volition love is one attribute among
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