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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Despair
		Despair, ethically regarded, is the voluntary and complete abandonment of all hope of saving one's soul and of having the means required for that end.
		Despair as such and as distinguished from a certain difference, sinking of the heart, or overweening dread is always a mortal sin.
		To be sure despair is not the worst sin conceivable: that evil primacy is held by the direct and explicit hatred of God; neither is it as great as sins against faith like formal heresy or apostasy.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04755a.htm (443 words)

	Existential despair -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The term despair, when used by (A philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable) existentialists, refers to the fact that all the choices we make are based on uncertain information and an incomplete understanding of the world.
		When discussing existentialism, people often are referring to (French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980)) Sartre's philosophy, but generalizations about existentialism should be made with caution, as the term refers to the works of a series of fairly divergent philosophers and authors, rather than a coherent and solitary world view.
		The existentialist philosopher most concerned with despair is (Danish philosopher who was the founder of existentialism (1813-1855)) Kierkegaard.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ex/existential_despair.htm (366 words)

	Despair Quotes & Quotations compiled by GIGA
		Despair doth strike as deep a furrow in the brain as mischief or remorse.
		Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
		There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.
	www.giga-usa.com /quotes/topics/despair_t002.htm (527 words)

	Despair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Despair is the twin of Desire and technically the next to the youngest, the youngest being Delirium.
		Despair, of all the Endless, is the most troubled and unhappy by her brother Destruction's disappearance.
		Despair is actually a very sympathetic person when it comes to her brother.
	www.geocities.com /SoHo/Cafe/2311/despair.html (201 words)

	DESPAIR VERSUS HOPE : The Devil's Bargain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		David C. Reardon, Ph.D. The idea that "abortion is an act of despair" is one of the key points I have always tried to stress in my writing and speaking engagements.
		Despair is not only the driving force behind most abortion choices, it is also the greatest obstacle to post-abortion recovery.
		In describing the despair which leads women to abort, Frederica Mathewes-Green of Feminists for Life of America, gives us this compelling word-picture: "No woman wants an abortion as she wants an ice cream cone or a Porsche.
	www.afterabortion.org /despair.html (1880 words)

	SUMMA THEOLOGICA: Does despair arise from sloth? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Now hope, the contrary of which is despair, seems to proceed from the consideration of Divine favors, especially the Incarnation, for Augustine says (De Trin.
		On the other hand, the fact that a man deems an arduous good impossible to obtain, either by himself or by another, is due to his being over downcast, because when this state of mind dominates his affections, it seems to him that he will never be able to rise to any good.
		Hence despair is born of sloth in a more special way: though it may arise from lust, for the reason given above.
	www.newadvent.org /summa/302004.htm (520 words)

	Existentialism - Despair - Kierkegaard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		First, in consciousness of himself: for to despair about the eternal is impossible without having a conception about the self, that there is something eternal in it, or that it has had something eternal in it.
		And if a man is to despair over himself, he must indeed be conscious also of having a self; that, however, is the thing over which he despairs - not over the earthly or over something earthly, but over himself.
		In its despair it cannot forget this weakness, it hates itself in a way, it will not humble itself in faith under its weakness in order to gain itself again; no, in its despair it will not hear of itself, so to speak, will not know anything about itself.
	www.interchg.ubc.ca /cree/kierkega.htm (376 words)

	From Despair to Dawn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Despair can be triggered by a specific event -- like the death of a loved one, a failed relationship, a traumatic move.
		She may begin believe that the labor will never end, that her ultrasounds were some kind of cruel trick to dupe her into thinking that she was actually going to have a baby, when she was actually suffering from an extreme case of appendicitis all along.
		The most unusual thing about the moment of despair in labor is that it strikes different women at exactly the same phase -- just before transition when the pushing is about to begin.
	www.boundless.org /2005/articles/a0001089.cfm (1153 words)

	Despair finds a niche =The Hill.com= (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Perhaps predictably, Despair, the “demotivational” products company, reports a sizable number of customers who work in government and politics.
		Started in 1998 as a byproduct of the wonderful performance of the tech industry, Despair has grown into a multimillion-dollar operation.
		But here’s Despair’s take on a “Motivation” poster: “If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job.
	www.hillnews.com /living/062503_despair.aspx (351 words)

	TIME.com: Profit in Parody -- Dec. 09, 2002 -- Page 1
		As a hedge against dealing with retailers who "could tell we were rubes and pretenders," Justin says, Despair went online, structuring Despair.com as a ruthless parody of "everything that's wrong in corporate America" and setting up a stylized version of Kersten as the embodiment of a cynical, jargon-spouting coo.
		With some help from Yahoo, which named Despair a pick of the week, orders began to flow in for posters, coffee mugs, notepads, desk plaques--$500,000 worth in 1999, $900,000 in 2000 and slightly more than $1 million last year.
		Despair just released its 2003 line of Demotivator designs, but customers are also finding a creepy resonance in older messages.
	www.time.com /time/insidebiz/article/0,9171,1101021209-395353,00.html (969 words)

	World of Quotes - Despair Quotes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of seeing God "without holiness," or of having part in Christ except thou "love him above father, mother, or thy own life." This kind of despair is one of the first steps to heaven.
		Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.
		Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness.
	www.worldofquotes.com /topic/Despair/1 (817 words)

	Overcoming Despair - President's Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Psalmist cried out “Why are you in despair, O my soul?” And why have you become disturbed within me?” Despair, however, does not mean the end of life.
		Despair causes weeping and mourning, but like the Psalmist who put his “hope in God,” Nehemiah knew where to turn for help.
		When faced with despair, there is an inner thirst that can only be quenched by the living and true God—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
	www.berean.com /v2/PresidentsJournal/PrinterFriendly.php?id=5 (453 words)

	Despair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The character Despair in the Sandman series of comic books by Neil Gaiman
		Despair, Inc., a company that makes satirical posters and souvenirs
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Despair (116 words)

	Hope For Those In Despair
		Their despair is no secret--the truth is it cannot be hidden.
		Despair is no stranger to the people in our society.
		I am in total agreement that it can address their despair, but it can only if one thing is true.
	www.westarkchurchofchrist.org /chadwell/1996/111796am.htm (1750 words)

	CNN.com - Despair Inc. the brand for cynics - Jan. 17, 2004
		Dallas-based Despair Inc. has built a business in a line of products it bills as demotivational.
		Despair sells calendars, posters, coffee mugs and a variety of office paraphernalia emblazoned with images that are meant to inspire but are undercut with messages that are deflating.
		Still, the figure is just a drop in the ocean compared with the billions Americans and U.S. businesses spend each year on motivational books, seminars and speakers as they try to tap into the unlimited reaches of their personal power.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/BUSINESS/01/17/offbeat.life.despair.reut (583 words)

	Hope Even in Despair
		She was one of my friends who had ever lived in despair isolation.
		Everyone has their down days, and a certain amount of despair is normal, even in the healthiest personality.
		The despair isolation Emily experienced was transferred to her feelings about God.
	www.hopeway.org /hope/despair.asp (607 words)

	Crazy Lady (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution.
		You are as old as your doubt, your fear, your despair.
		Let it now be fulfilled!" 16 I have not run away from being your shepherd; you know I have not desired the day of despair.
	www.geocities.com /breakthrough777/despair.html (114 words)

	When You're in Despair
		But you don't have to be predisposed to despair in order to experience episodic despair in your lifetime.
		The pharmaceutical companies have brainwashed us via the media to believe that despair, or depression, is a "chemical imbalance" which must be treated by their drugs (so that they can make more money).
		As for "chemical imbalance", it is as viable to say that the despair is causing it, as it is to say that the "imbalance" is causing the despair!
	www.panix.com /userdirs/gsk/despair.html (1610 words)

	Despair
		The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair
		Don't Despair on Thursdays!: The Children's Grief-Management Book (The Emotional Impact Series)
		Crisis and Reform in Latin America: From Despair to Hope (A World Bank Publication)
	www.veryhappening.com /things/despair (106 words)

	Search for "despair" provided by Poetry Connection
		In grayish doubt and fl despair, I drafted hymns to the earth and the air, pretending to joy, although I lacked it.
		No one's despair is like my despair-- You have no place in this garden thinking such things, producing the tiresome outward signs; the man pointedly weeding an entire forest, the woman limping, refusing to change clothes or wash her...
		hate blows a bubble of despair into hugeness world system universe and bang -fear buries a tomorrow under woe and up comes yesterday most green and young pleasure and pain are merely surfaces (one itself showing,itself hiding one) life's only and...
	www.poetryconnection.net /search/despair (1405 words)

	Despair
		Divorce-a couple dealing with despair at different levels often cannot reconcile their differing viewpoints, leading to dissolution of their marriage.
		Acts of violence-in a wild rage of despair a person can commit an act such as murder, physical, or sexual abuse to relieve the pain and anguish of the loss.
		Recognition of self-worth-allow yourself to believe that you deserve to grieve openly, you have the right to adjust to the resulting change, and the right to be given the understanding and respect of others as your cope with your loss.
	www.coping.org /grief/despair.htm (1436 words)

	Devotion: Despair - Christ's Church of the Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		What a tragedy: to give in to despair; to imply that our problems are too big for God, my sin is too great or my behavior incurable.
		The lesson is that anyone who has access to the presence of God never has reason to despair over life's difficulties.
		We are encouraged to come boldly to the throne of God, to approach Him with confidence that He understands our problems and is adequate to work through our circumstances for His purposes and our blessing.
	www.ccvonline.com /newsletter/article.aspx?volume_id=40854&article_id=4 (388 words)

	-=Realms of Despair=- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Thoric (Derek Snider) started up Realms of Despair in July of 1994 on a lowly 486-25 with 8 megs of ram running Linux 1.0.
		The only other things that run on this machine are the www.game.org website, the ftp.game.org MUD ftp archive, and development on Realms of Despair, and the SMAUG MUD code base.
		SMAUG is Realms of Despair's contribution back to the MUD community, and is the most advanced publically available MUD codebase available.
	www.game.org /realms/wizlist/bios/thoric.phtml (229 words)

	Recovering Hope By Facing Despair. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As strange as it may seem, facing despair is one of the best things a person battling with depression can do.
		Facing despair is not an exercise in self-pity.
		Along with facing the despair of our losses and disappointments, there is an even deeper level of despair to be faced as we realize that our idols do not work.
	www.rbc.org /ds/cb973/point1.html (936 words)

	Chapter Designable <i>to</i> Despair of D by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)
		To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; — often with of.
		I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
		Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/257/1195/22392/6.html (178 words)

	Despair quotes & quotations
		That is always a sign of despair in a woman.
		"The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing...
		"It is only when you despair of all ordinary means, it is only when you convince it that it must help you or you perish, that the seed of life in you bestirs itself to provide a new resource.
	en.thinkexist.com /quotes/with/keyword/despair (271 words)

	DESPAIR---CHAPTER 10 of OUR EXISTENTIAL PREDICAMENT by JAMES PARK
		We are all floating down the River of Despair, drifting toward death.
		Or we may despair of finding work that suits our interests and abilities.
		This existential despair is not the loss of hope for this or that project,
	www.tc.umn.edu /~parkx032/XP253.html (1423 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Abstract of INFO-MAC archived encoded Mac binary file 'game/despair-16.hqx' Uploaded 01/23/1998 305364 bytes From: lloyd@kagi.com Subject: Despair 1.6 - a wrath simulator The software that asks, "What's it like to be a jealous god?" is back.
		At last fixed to work on PowerPC, and with three new threats to add that certain je ne sais quoi, Despair lets you vent that violent impulse in a socially acceptable, future-friendly manner.
		Emailware: if Despair helps you vent some steam, please email the author at lloyd@kagi.com.
	hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu /HyperArchive/Abstracts/game/despair-16.hqx.txt (104 words)

	Dictionary Information: Definition Despair - Description Meaning Thesaurus
		To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
		"We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken with despair." Keble.
		"Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair." Macaulay.
	www.selfknowledge.com /25368.htm (135 words)

	Theunissen, M.; Harshav, B., Illbruck, H., Illbruck, H.,: Kierkegaard's Concept of Despair.
		By contrast, Michael Theunissen articulates one of Kierkegaard's central ideas, his theory of despair, in a detailed and comprehensible manner and confronts it with alternatives.
		Understanding what Kierkegaard wrote on despair is vital not only because it illuminates his thought as a whole, but because his account of despair in The Sickness unto Death is the cornerstone of existentialism.
		Kierkegaard's Concept of Despair is also one of the few works on Kierkegaard that bridge the gap between the Continental and analytic traditions in philosophy.
	www.pupress.princeton.edu /titles/7970.html (272 words)

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