- 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
Immortality Defended
📄 Viewing lite version
Full site ›
Book Details
Author(s)John Leslie
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN140516204X
ISBN-139781405162043
AvailabilityUsually ships in 1-2 business days
Sales Rank2,306,024
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description ▲
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.
Similar Products ▼
- Science and the Near-Death Experience: How Consciousness Survives Death
- Near-Death Experiences: Understanding Visions of the Afterlife
- The Mystery of Existence: Why Is There Anything At All?
- The End of the World: The Science and Ethics of Human Extinction
- In Defence of the Soul
- The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation
- The Becoming of God: Process Theology, Philosophy, and Multireligious Engagement (Cascade Companions)
- Universes
- The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World