{"product_id":"immortality-defended-hardback-9781405162036","title":"Immortality Defended (Hardback) 9781405162036","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eImmortality Defended\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Leslie (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405162036, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 May 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e112 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.8 x 1.3 cm, 0.281 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"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.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRevd Dr John Polkinghorne, KBE, FRS\u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I believe Leslie will be remembered one hundred or two hundred years from now as one of the most unique, philosophically fundamental, and interesting thinkers of our time.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eQuentin Smith, Western Michigan University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an admirable piece of philosophical speculation, in the grand manner of great philosophers in the past, but informed by modern cosmology.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ J C Smart, Monash University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Thought-provoking … useful to both the professional philosopher and to one just starting … .Touches on a variety of topics … and is exceptionally clear.” \u003ci\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Leslie has articulated and defended … the great subjects in the history of philosophy: God, the self, the nature and origin of the cosmos, value, and immortality.” \u003ci\u003eNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\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?\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDefends a belief in immortality, without the need for a religious affiliation or rejection of modern science\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the ideas of \"Einsteinian immortality\", the divine afterlife, and the theory of an infinite and divine mind\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\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Pantheism: A Rapid Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Platonic Creation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Divine and Human Minds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Immortality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Existence, Causation, and Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Brief Summary of the Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Names.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Subjects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437782757656,"sku":"9781405162036","price":65.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405162036.jpg?v=1784939995","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/immortality-defended-hardback-9781405162036","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}