Immortality Defended

Author : John Leslie
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781405181389

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Immortality Defended by John Leslie Pdf

Might we be parts of a divine mind? Could anything like anafterlife make sense? Starting with a Platonic answer to why theworld exists, Immortality Defended suggests we could well beimmortal in all of three separate ways. Tackles the fundamental questions posed by our very existence,among them, "why does the cosmos exist?", "is there a divine mindor God?", and "in what sense might we have afterlives?" Defends a belief in immortality, without the need for areligious affiliation or rejection of modern science Explores the ideas of "Einsteinian immortality", the divineafterlife, and the theory of an infinite and divine mind Draws from the work of a wide-range of philosophers, fromancient Greece to the present day, and incorporates up-to-datescientific findings Written in a thought-provoking and engaging manner, accessibleto anyone intrigued by the wonder of our being

Author : Mårten Björk
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350228245

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The Politics of Immortality in Rosenzweig, Barth and Goldberg by Mårten Björk Pdf

Highlighting the central importance of theological configurations of immortality and eternal life from 1914-1945, Mårten Björk explores the key writings of Franz Rosenzweig, Karl Barth and Oskar Goldberg to situate their ideas in relation to the political turmoil of the period, including the rise of social Darwinism, nationalism and fascism. The conversations happening among Christian and Jewish theologians and philosophers on the nature of immortality and eternal life during the period constitute what Björk calls a 'politics of immortality'. The speculative question of eternal life became a way to address the meaning of 'a good life' in a period when millions of lives were lost to war, camps and prisons. This book shows how theology was related to central political concepts and ideas of the era, revealing how the question of immortality pursued by Rosenzweig, Barth and Goldberg became a way to resist the reduction of life to race, blood and soil. By situating the exact political consequences of theological and metaphysical theories of immortality and eternal life, Björk's discussion of Rosenzweig, Barth and Goldberg confronts the perennial question on the relation between life and death and exposes the important connections between political theology and philosophical posthumanism.

Author : T Ryan Byerly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000388282

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Death, Immortality, and Eternal Life by T Ryan Byerly Pdf

This book offers a multifaceted exploration of death and the possibilities for an afterlife. By incorporating a variety of approaches to these subjects, it provides a unique framework for extending and reshaping enduring philosophical debates around human existence up to and after death. Featuring original essays from a diverse group of international scholars, the book is arranged in four main sections. Firstly, it addresses how death is or should be experienced, engaging with topics such as near-death experiences, continuing bonds with the deceased, and attitudes toward dying. Secondly, it looks at surviving death, addressing the metaphysics of human persons, the nature of time, the nature of the true self, and the nature of the divine. It then evaluates the value of mortality and immortality, drawing upon the resources of the history of philosophy, meta-analysis of contemporary debates, and the analogy between individual death and species extinction. Finally, it explores what an eternal life might be like, examining the place of selflessness, embodiment, and racial identity in such a life. This volume allows for a variety of philosophical and theological perspectives to be brought to bear on the end of life and what might be beyond. As such, it will be a fascinating resource for scholars in the philosophy of religion, theology, and death studies.

Author : Burton F. Porter
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781442247222

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The Great Perhaps by Burton F. Porter Pdf

Burton F. Porter explores the philosophical question of the existence of God in an open, yet critical, way, examining the argumentation used by centuries of human society to support or reject divinity.

Author : Jonathan D.H. Norton,Garrick Allen,Lindsey A. Askin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781350265035

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Reading, Writing, and Bookish Circles in the Ancient Mediterranean by Jonathan D.H. Norton,Garrick Allen,Lindsey A. Askin Pdf

By integrating conversations across disciplines, especially focusing on classical studies and Jewish and Christian studies, this volume addresses several imbalances in scholarship on reading and textual activity in the ancient Mediterranean. Contributors intentionally place Jewish, Christian, Roman, Greek and other reading circles back into their encompassing historical context, avoiding subdivisions along modern subject lines, divisions still bearing marks of cultural and ideological interests. In their examination, contributors avoid dwelling upon traditional methodological debates over orality vs. literacy and social classifications of literacy, instead turning their attention to the social-historical: groups of people, circles and networks, strata and class, scribal culture, material culture, epigraphic and papyrological evidence, functions and types of literacy and the social relationships that all of these entail. Overall, the volume contributes to an emerging and important interdisciplinary collaboration between specialists in ancient literacy, encouraging future discussion between two currently divided fields.

Author : W. J. Mander
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191065705

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Idealist Ethics by W. J. Mander Pdf

W. J. Mander examines the nature of idealist ethics, that is to say, the form and content of ethical belief most typically adopted by philosophical idealists. While there exist many studies of the ethical views of individual idealist philosophers there has been no literature at all on the notion of idealist ethics per se. Never is it asked: at which points, if any, do the ethical systems of all these thinkers overlap, and what relation, if any, do such commonalities bear to their authors' idealism? Never is the question posed: were you suddenly to become convinced of the truth of some form of philosophical idealism what revisions, if any, would that necessitate in your conception of the truth, nature, and significance of ethical judgements? The inquiry has two aims. The first is historical. From the record of past philosophy, Mander demonstrates that there exists a discernible idealist approach to moral philosophy; a tradition of 'idealist ethics.' He examines its characteristic marks and varieties. The second aim is apologetic. Mander argues that such idealist ethics offers an attractive way of looking at moral questions and that it has much to contribute to contemporary discussion. In particular he argues that Idealist ethics have the power to cut through the sterile opposition between moral realism and moral anti-realism which has come to dominate contemporary thinking about ethical questions. To be an idealist is precisely to hold that the universe is so constituted that things are real if and only if they are ideal; to hold that uncovering in something the work of mind makes it more not less significant.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Immortality
ISBN : UVA:X000298159

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Phaedo, Or, the Immortality of the Soul by Plato Pdf

Author : Ezra Hall Gillett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Literature and morals
ISBN : HARVARD:AH4ARD

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Early Monotheism by Ezra Hall Gillett Pdf

Author : Ezra Hall Gillett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Literature and morals
ISBN : NYPL:33433022657583

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God in Human Thought by Ezra Hall Gillett Pdf

Author : Steven Nadler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780470998830

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A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy by Steven Nadler Pdf

This is a reference for early modern philosophy. Representing the most contemporary research in the history of early modern philosophy, it is organized by thinker rather than theme, and covers every important philosopher and philosophical movement of 16th- and 18th-century Europe.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1751
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : CHI:49804417

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The London Magazine; Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alex Long
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107086593

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Death and Immortality in Ancient Philosophy by Alex Long Pdf

Provides an accessible account of the variety and subtlety of Greek and Roman philosophy of death, from Homer to Marcus Aurelius.

Author : Jim Holt
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780871403278

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Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story by Jim Holt Pdf

The Washington Post Notable Non-Fiction of 2013 “I can imagine few more enjoyable ways of thinking than to read this book.”—Sarah Bakewell, New York Times Book Review, front-page review Tackling the “darkest question in all of philosophy” with “raffish erudition” (Dwight Garner, New York Times), author Jim Holt explores the greatest metaphysical mystery of all: why is there something rather than nothing? This runaway bestseller, which has captured the imagination of critics and the public alike, traces our latest efforts to grasp the origins of the universe. Holt adopts the role of cosmological detective, traveling the globe to interview a host of celebrated scientists, philosophers, and writers, “testing the contentions of one against the theories of the other” (Jeremy Bernstein, Wall Street Journal). As he interrogates his list of ontological culprits, the brilliant yet slyly humorous Holt contends that we might have been too narrow in limiting our suspects to God versus the Big Bang. This “deft and consuming” (David Ulin, Los Angeles Times) narrative humanizes the profound questions of meaning and existence it confronts.

Author : John Randolph Ham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Dover (N.H.)
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU54346134

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Bibliography of Dover, N.H. by John Randolph Ham Pdf

Author : New Hampshire State Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UTEXAS:059171100095578

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Report of the State Librarian to the New Hampshire Legislature by New Hampshire State Library Pdf