Devotion

Usain Bolt has a passion for running faster and he is very devoted to doing so.

Usain Bolt beating Tyson Gay and setting a 100 meter world record at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany.

Devotion is the virtue of being ardent, often selfless affection and dedication, towards a person (such as one's parents - see filiality), principle (e.g. liberty or patriotism), religion or to God.

Journal articles

• What does true devotion look like? by Kim, Y., & Yang, F. (2025), Philosophical Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2025.2453106
• The Longing for Devotion by Paul Katsafanas, Chapter of the book: Philosophy of Devotion: The Longing for Invulnerable Ideals, Chapter 1: Pages 1–22, https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192867674.003.000, Published: December 2022

Book

• Abstract: Philosophy of Devotion: The Longing for Invulnerable Ideals by Paul Katsafanas, 2022. OUP, https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192867674.001.0001

Videos:

• Paul Katsafanas - Philosophy of Devotion: The Longing for Invulnerable Ideals - Video playlist, video playlist

See also

• Commitment as a virtue
• Faith
• Virtue
• Passion (psychology)
• Grit (personality trait)
• Fidelity
• Persistence
• Fortitude
• Morality

External links

• Devotion - video playlist, video playlist