2: Further, the same thing is not the cause of contraries. But hope causes affliction, according to Prov. 13:12 : "Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul." Therefore hope does not cause pleasure. Objection 3: Further, just as hope agrees with pleasure in regarding good, so als…

nders action, as stated above ( Q[37], A[3] ). But hope sometimes causes sorrow: for it is written ( Prov. 13:12 ): "Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul." Therefore hope hinders action. Objection 3: Further, despair is contrary to hope, as stated above (A[4]) . But despair,…

condly, because the very delay of the good we hope for, is of a nature to cause sorrow, according to Prov. 13:12, "Hope that is deferred afflicteth the soul." Hence there may be patience in bearing this trial, as in enduring any other sorrows. Accordingly longanimity and constanc…