Might we be parts of a divine mind? Could anything like an afterlife make sense? Starting with a Platonic answer to why the world exists,
Immortality Defended suggests we could well be immortal 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 mind or God? , and in what sense might we have afterlives?
- Defends a belief in immortality, without the need for a religious affiliation or rejection of modern science
- Explores the ideas of Einsteinian immortality , the divine afterlife, and the theory of an infinite and divine mind
- Draws from the work of a wide-range of philosophers, from ancient Greece to the present day, and incorporates up-to-date scientific findings
- Written in a thought-provoking and engaging manner, accessible to anyone intrigued by the wonder of our being
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. Pantheism: A Rapid Introduction.
2. Platonic Creation.
3. Divine and Human Minds.
4. Immortality.
5. Existence, Causation, and Life.
Appendix: Brief Summary of the Book.
Bibliography.
Index of Names.
Index of Subjects
John Leslie addresses issues of belief in immortality and the creative role of value in a characteristically lively style, in the course of deploying a variety of arguments. He is always stimulating, even when one disagrees with him.
Revd Dr John Polkinghorne, KBE, FRS<!--end--> I believe Leslie will be remembered one hunl3*