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ExcerptExcept one hopes for what is beyond hope, he will not find it, for it will remain impossible to examine and to understand. HeraclitusIf it is the case, which we would like to prove in this essay, that hope itself is the sacred element that lies at the heart of philosophy, sine qua non, then the question of the relation between theology and philosophy can be posed in this way: What does philosophy have to do with hope? Kant asked: “For what may I hope?” Perhaps it is the case that the questions of knowledge…