Hopeness and truth. Prolegomena to a philosophy of hopeness

Although a philosophy of hopeness seems to be an entirely contemporary proposal (Bloch, Fromm, Husserl, Lain, Marcel, Heidegger, Patocka, Stein), its sketches took place in the 6th century BC. The goal of this research is to present the preliminary exercises around a philosophy of hopeness in the context of Heraclitus' controversy with Pythagoras. From a qualitative approach, through the hermeneutical historical method, a data analysis was made. As a sample we take primary sources on the Golden Verses of Pythagoras and the Fragments of Heraclitus and as secondary the most recognized translations and commentaries. The instrument used was the mixed worksheets. As a result, it is observed that hope is a problem for the Greek people, that in vv. 52-53 of the Golden Verses and in fragment 22B 18 DK it is found outlined as a philosophical problem, which is better understood from Heraclitus's critique of Pythagoras and in relation to other key fragments of Ephesian thought. The research allows us to conclude that hopeness is not an exclusive theme of theology or properly contemporary, but initially of philosophy, which finds in Heraclitus's debate with Pythagoras its preliminary formulations and a propitious context to problematize it in its habitual understanding, to rethink it to the light of the spirit of time and redefine it as a way-of-life.