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By immortality is ordinarily understood the doctrine that the human soul will survive death, continuing in the possession of an endless conscious existence. Together with the question of the existence of God, it forms the most momentous issue with which philosophy has to deal. It belongs primarily to rational or metaphysical psychology and the philosophy of religion, though it comes also into contact with other branches of philosophy and some of the natural sciences.

Idealism. --- Immortality. --- Philosophy.

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Christian saints --- Miracles --- Immortality --- Christianity. --- Benedict,

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Thomas Hobbes argues that the fear of violent death is the most reliable passion on which to found political society. His role in shaping the contemporary view of religion and honor in the West is pivotal, yet his ideas are famously riddled with contradictions. In this breakthrough study, McClure finds evidence that Hobbes' apparent inconsistencies are intentional, part of a sophisticated rhetorical strategy meant to make man more afraid of death than he naturally is. Hobbes subtly undermined two of the most powerful manifestations of man's desire for immortality: the religious belief in an afterlife and the secular desire for eternal fame through honor. McClure argues that Hobbes purposefully stirred up controversy, provoking his adversaries into attacking him and unwittingly spreading his message. This study will appeal to scholars of Hobbes, political theorists, historians of early modern political thought and anyone interested in the genesis of modern Western attitudes toward mortality.

Immortality (Philosophy) --- Political science --- Political philosophy --- Philosophy --- Philosophy. --- Hobbes, Thomas,

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This series of brief and sparkling philosophical essays explores the Principle of Continuity as it impacts discussions of the Big Bang and the expansion of the universe, God, infinity, biological immortality and evolution. From Ancient Greece to the frontiers of modern science, some egregious blunders have been made in both philosophy and in theoretical physics. The old theory of Continuous Creation was blown up by the Big Bang theory, but the author shows that this is just another ontological quagmire that conflicts with the First Law of Thermodynamics (conservation)-and common sense. Surveyi

Cosmology, Ancient. --- Immortality. --- Immortalism. --- Prolongation of life span --- Aging --- Death --- Longevity --- Immortality --- Life after death --- Eschatology --- Future life --- Immortalism --- Ancient cosmology --- Religious aspects

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"Maurice Henrie, plume vigoureuse, propose un recueil d'essais débridés qui revendiquent la liberté de penser, de s'exprimer et de critiquer. Un livre qui réclame, par sa forme, le droit de réfléchir, de se prononcer, d'aller où bon lui semble et où le guident ses pas et ses pensées. De la contemplation existentielle au coup de gueule cinglant, Maurice Henrie se dévoile comme jamais, vagabondant d'un sujet à l'autre au gré des idées qui lui viennent, scrutant, triturant jusqu'à plus soif des thèmes qui lui sont chers — la philosophie, la politique et l'histoire — en une vingtaine d'essais littéraires. L'auteur se prononce avec audace, témérité et passion sur un éventail de questions qui lui sont chères : la démocratie, les religions, l'immortalité, la certitude et le doute, la généalogie. Il porte un jugement amusé, mais juste, sur la société américaine. Il s'impatiente devant les échecs du processus de décision gouvernemental. Il s'intéresse aux déplacements souvent désastreux de la population francophone en Amérique, à tout le « sang perdu » qu'elle évoque. Il s'attarde en particulier au drame de la déportation des Acadiens en 1755 et à l'émigration massive des Québécois vers les États-Unis durant la période de 1840 à 1930. Il rend un bel hommage aux mots, qui jouent dans la vie contemporaine un rôle changeant. Voici un tourbillon de textes… rédigés par un écrivain qui veut être entendu, qui veut léguer ses pensées en héritage, qui veut dompter la mort. Publié en français."--

French-Canadian essays --- Country. --- Deportation. --- Immortality. --- Knowledge. --- Nerd. --- Pays. --- déportation. --- immortalité. --- nerd. --- savoir.