Man's Consciousness of Immortality

ancestor-worship argument arisen arose attitude belief in immortality belief in personal bereavement Bertrand Russell cerned conceive conception CONSCIOUSNESS OF IMMORTALITY conviction despair dream duty endless Eschatology essential eternal evolution existence FACT The belief faith forever FUNDAMENTAL THESIS future grief Harvard University heart herent hopes and fears human experience human mind hypothesis idea of immortality illustration imply individual infinite value Ingersoll Lecture inherent in man's instinct lief live Lloyd Morgan mankind ment mental moral and spiritual Moral Ideal moral values notion of immortality permanence personal immortality phase philosophy philosophy of science physical universe physical world planet postulates prevision Problem of Evil prove immortality rational reality reflective mind religion sciousness seems self-conscious self-preservation sonal Sorley sorrow soul spirit spontaneously survival of death tain tality THEISM things thought tion to-day ture uniformity of nature unyielding vast vidual vival whole