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Immortality — • By immortality is ordinarily understood the doctrine that the human soul will survive death, continuing in the possession of an endless conscious existence Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Immortality Immortality … Catholic encyclopedia
Quantum suicide and immortality — In quantum mechanics, quantum suicide was a thought experiment. It was independently proposed in 1987 by Hans Moravec and in 1988 by Bruno Marchal, and further developed by Max Tegmark in 1998, [Tegmark, Max [http://www.arxiv.org/abs/quant… … Wikipedia
immortality — Unending life, continuing after death. 1. The OT. There are several beliefs about it in the OT, and the earliest forms of future hope were for the nation s survival rather than for the individual. The focus of God s enduring covenant was on the… … Dictionary of the Bible
immortality — The condition of being exempt from death or destruction, of living for ever. Personal immortality entails that after our death (as identified by others) we ourselves shall enjoy experiences, possibly after an interval, and shall live another life … Philosophy dictionary
List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens — This is a list of fictional creatures and aliens from the universe of the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, including Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures and K 9. It covers alien races and other fictional creatures,… … Wikipedia
Aristotle: Aesthetics and philosophy of mind — David Gallop AESTHETICS Aesthetics, as that field is now understood, does not form the subjectmatter of any single Aristotelian work. No treatise is devoted to such topics as the essential nature of a work of art, the function of art in general,… … History of philosophy
Christianity and Judaism — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism … Wikipedia
Syrian and Palestinian religion — ▪ ancient religion Introduction beliefs of Syria and Palestine between 3000 and 300 BC. These religions are usually defined by the languages of those who practiced them: e.g., Amorite, Hurrian, Ugaritic, Phoenician, Aramaic, and Moabite.… … Universalium
Descartes: metaphysics and the philosophy of mind — John Cottingham THE CARTESIAN PROJECT Descartes is rightly regarded as one of the inaugurators of the modern age, and there is no doubt that his thought profoundly altered the course of Western philosophy. In no area has this influence been more… … History of philosophy
Society and culture of the Han Dynasty — A Western Han jade carved door knocker with designs of Chinese dragons (and two other jade figurines) The Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) was a period of ancient China divided by the Western Han (206 BCE – 9 CE) and Eastern Han (25–220 CE) periods … Wikipedia
