Immortality a Rational Faith (Classic Reprint): The Predictions of Science, Philosophy and Religion on a Future Life: The Predictions of Science, ... Religion on a Future Life (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Chester, William

 
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Sinopsis

Explore a reasoned path to immortality that blends science, philosophy, and faith. This book argues that mind, memory, and meaning point beyond death, and that the soul’s witness can endure beyond the grave. It asks readers to weigh how human intellect and moral life fit into a vast universe and a rational faith.


The work frames life after death as a logical implication of our inner experience, the limits of earthly life, and the enduring quest for truth, beauty, and goodness. It invites careful consideration of how belief in immortality can align with reason, science, and religious insight.



  • Arguments that mental persistence and spiritual certainty support life beyond death.

  • Reflections on the mind’s capacities as a sign of something greater than physical the end of life.

  • Discussion of how science and philosophy converge with religious intuition on eternity.

  • Examples of how historical figures faced mortality with steadfast faith and purpose.


Ideal for readers of thoughtful debates about life, meaning, and what comes after.

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Excerpt from Immortality a Rational Faith: The Predictions of Science, Philosophy and Religion on a Future Life

Ages; the impossibility, in the very nature of the case, of any scientific proof or demonstration, and the positive assertions of eminent materialists that the brain both produces and ends all consciousness, - and one awakens to the stupendous difficulties in the way of any intelligent conception of the possibility of future existence. It is folly either to deny or minimize these difficulties, for since we must experience the inevitable, we should test the bridge before crossing, and know just what the situation is and just where confidence must rest.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Immortality a Rational Faith: The Predictions of Science, Philosophy and Religion on a Future Life

The only absolute certainty in this life is that each individual must die, and that at any moment. The one question, therefore, of first and transcendent importance is, - "If a man die, shall he live again?" All other questions seem secondary to, or dependent upon this one. Neglect or evade this problem as men will, yet the deaths of beloved ones and one's own steadily approaching crisis force home the question sooner or later to every heart. Fortunately, the majority are born with the tendency of taking immortality for granted. The readiness with which the child accepts instantly the teaching that the dead are only translated, is one of the many proofs that this truth is a soul instinct, God's self-impression on the human spirit.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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