Immortality Defended

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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

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John Leslie

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"John Leslie addresses issues of belief in immortality and thecreative role of value in a characteristically lively style, in thecourse of deploying a variety of arguments. He is alwaysstimulating, even when one disagrees with him." Revd Dr John Polkinghorne, KBE, FRS "I believe Leslie will be remembered one hundred or two hundredyears from now as one of the most unique, philosophicallyfundamental, and interesting thinkers of our time." Quentin Smith, Western Michigan University "This is an admirable piece of philosophical speculation, in thegrand manner of great philosophers in the past, but informed bymodern cosmology." J J C Smart, Monash University "Thought-provoking ... useful to both the professionalphilosopher and to one just starting ... .Touches on a varietyof topics ... and is exceptionally clear." ReligiousStudies Review "Leslie has articulated and defended ... the greatsubjects in the history of philosophy: God, the self, the natureand origin of the cosmos, value, and immortality." NotreDame Philosophical Reviews"John Leslie addresses issues of belief in immortality and thecreative role of value in a characteristically lively style, in thecourse of deploying a variety of arguments. He is alwaysstimulating, even when one disagrees with him." Revd Dr John Polkinghorne, KBE, FRS "I believe Leslie will be remembered one hundred or two hundredyears from now as one of the most unique, philosophicallyfundamental, and interesting thinkers of our time." Quentin Smith, Western Michigan University "This is an admirable piece of philosophical speculation, in thegrand manner of great philosophers in the past, but informed bymodern cosmology." J J C Smart, Monash University "Thought-provoking ... useful to both the professionalphilosopher and to one just starting ... .Touches on a varietyof topics ... and is exceptionally clear." ReligiousStudies Review
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