{"product_id":"immortality-defended-paperback","title":"Immortality Defended - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Leslie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMight we be parts of a divine mind? Could anything like an afterlife make sense? Starting with a Platonic answer to why the world exists, \u003ci\u003eImmortality Defended\u003c\/i\u003e suggests we could well be immortal in all of three separate ways.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eTackles 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?\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDefends a belief in immortality, without the need for a religious affiliation or rejection of modern science\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the ideas of \"Einsteinian immortality\", the divine afterlife, and the theory of an infinite and divine mind\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws from the work of a wide-range of philosophers, from ancient Greece to the present day, and incorporates up-to-date scientific findings\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten in a thought-provoking and engaging manner, accessible to anyone intrigued by the wonder of our being\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy does the cosmos exist? Could we be parts of an infinite or divine mind, as pantheists believe? If so, might we have afterlives? In \u003ci\u003eImmortality Defended, \u003c\/i\u003e John Leslie, renowned philosopher of religion and cosmology, defends pantheism and three distinct ways in which we could be immortal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining a creation story told by Plato with the ideas of Spinoza, this book tackles the fundamental questions posed by our very existence. It explores \"Einsteinian immortality\" inside an eternally existing four-dimensional whole; the nature of an infinite mind which lives the lives of everybody; and the possibility of an afterlife inside such a mind. Its arguments are drawn from contemporary science, and from philosophy from ancient Greece onwards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis highly original work is accessible to anyone interested in science, philosophy, cosmology or theology, or to those who are just intrigued by the wonder of our being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Leslie\u003c\/b\u003e is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His publications include \u003ci\u003eValue and Existence\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), \u003ci\u003eUniverses\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eThe End of the World: the Science and Ethics of Human Extinction\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eInfinite Minds\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), and the edited volume \u003ci\u003eModern Cosmology and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (1998).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 8.54 x 6.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45285774557263,"sku":"9781405162043","price":51.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/CXDy3VulGD9781405162043.webp?v=1779442246","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/immortality-defended-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}