Vertrouwen en moed bij Thomas van Aquino

Confidence is a strong form of hope, an essential element of the cardinal virtue of courage. Thomas compares courage and trust to the gift of the Spirit named courage and to the beatitude about those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. He interprets Jesus’ prescription not to be afraid as an exhortation to courage. Thomas’ topicality lies in the distinction between feeling and virtue, in the conviction that trust can be learned and in the indispensability of this trust also in the public sphere.