A History Of Man S Quest For Immortality
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A History Of Man S Quest For Immortality
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Author : Mark A. McGee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
A History Of Man S Quest For Immortality written by Mark A. McGee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
According to the author, people were born to live, not die. Death is unnatural. He asks if people are born to live, why do they die? How can they cheat death and live forever?
Man S Quest For Immortality
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Author : G. Cope Schellhorn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-08
Man S Quest For Immortality written by G. Cope Schellhorn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08 with categories.
Immortality
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Author : Stephen Cave
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2012-04-03
Immortality written by Stephen Cave and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-03 with History categories.
If you could live forever, would you want to? Both a fascinating look at the history of our strive for immortality and an investigation into whether living forever is really all it’s cracked up to be. A fascinating work of popular philosophy and history that both enlightens and entertains, Stephen Cave investigates whether it just might be possible to live forever and whether we should want to. He also makes a powerful argument that it’s our very preoccupation with defying mortality that drives civilization. Central to this book is the metaphor of a mountaintop where one can find the Immortals. Since the dawn of humanity, everyone – whether they know it or not—has been trying to climb that mountain. But there are only four paths up its treacherous slope, and there have only ever been four paths. Throughout history, people have wagered everything on their choice of the correct path, and fought wars against those who’ve chosen differently. In drawing back the curtain on what compels humans to “keep on keeping on,” Cave engages the reader in a number of mind-bending thought experiments. He teases out the implications of each immortality gambit, asking, for example, how long a person would live if they did manage to acquire a perfectly disease-free body. Or what would happen if a super-being tried to round up the atomic constituents of all who’ve died in order to resurrect them. Or what our loved ones would really be doing in heaven if it does exist. We’re confronted with a series of brain-rattling questions: What would happen if tomorrow humanity discovered that there is no life but this one? Would people continue to please their boss, vie for the title of Year’s Best Salesman? Would three-hundred-year projects still get started? If the four paths up the Mount of the Immortals lead nowhere—if there is no getting up to the summit—is there still reason to live? And can civilization survive? Immortality is a deeply satisfying book, as optimistic about the human condition as it is insightful about the true arc of history.
Immortality
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Author : Stephen Cave
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-02
Immortality written by Stephen Cave and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02 with Immortalism categories.
An engaging, character-driven look at man's search for immortality throughout history and its role in driving civilization, which argues that at the heart of every human endeavor, from science and medicine to religion and art, is a powerful desire to beat death.
Physical Immortality
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Author : Martin K. Ettington
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-09-25
Physical Immortality written by Martin K. Ettington and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-25 with categories.
I had an experience at age four where I met a man at a glider field and for some reason I said to him "Are you the man who never dies?". He didn't laugh at me but gave me a very strange look. I've since learned that an immortal 500-1000 years old supposedly lives in that area.When I started reading books about highly developed adepts many years ago, the books also mentioned spiritually advanced immortals who lived many lifetimes.This was a fascinating idea to me and fueled my interest in the subject since then.Over many years I've read books and websites on immortality, learned many spiritual and energy practices, and I finally came to a theory of immortality which has been validated by much of what I've learned.This book goes into the history of Immortality, shows many examples of very long lived persons, then presents the theory and practices of how one can extend their life indefinitely.Some of these Chapters provide Spiritual Practices, exercises, and supplements to help you live forever.Advice is also given on attitudes and abilities to avoid accidents to help you in your quest for immortality.
Man And The Attainment Of Immortality
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Author : James Young Simpson
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2012-01
Man And The Attainment Of Immortality written by James Young Simpson and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01 with categories.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
A Very Brief History Of Eternity
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Author : Carlos Eire
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-10-12
A Very Brief History Of Eternity written by Carlos Eire and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-12 with History categories.
From the author of Waiting for Snow in Havana, a brilliant cultural history of the idea of eternity What is eternity? Is it anything other than a purely abstract concept, totally unrelated to our lives? A mere hope? A frightfully uncertain horizon? Or is it a certainty, shared by priest and scientist alike, and an essential element in all human relations? In A Very Brief History of Eternity, Carlos Eire, the historian and National Book Award–winning author of Waiting for Snow in Havana, has written a brilliant history of eternity in Western culture. Tracing the idea from ancient times to the present, Eire examines the rise and fall of five different conceptions of eternity, exploring how they developed and how they have helped shape individual and collective self-understanding. A book about lived beliefs and their relationship to social and political realities, A Very Brief History of Eternity is also about unbelief, and the tangled and often rancorous relation between faith and reason. Its subject is the largest subject of all, one that has taxed minds great and small for centuries, and will forever be of human interest, intellectually, spiritually, and viscerally.
Man God And Immortality Thoughts On Human Progress
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Author : James George Frazer
language : en
Publisher: Fisher Press
Release Date : 2012-03-01
Man God And Immortality Thoughts On Human Progress written by James George Frazer and has been published by Fisher Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with History categories.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The Book Of Immortality
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Author : Adam Gollner
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-09-30
The Book Of Immortality written by Adam Gollner and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-30 with Health & Fitness categories.
An exploration of one of the most universal human obsessions charts the rise of longevity science from its alchemical beginnings to modern-day genetic interventions and enters the world of those whose lives are shaped by a belief in immortality.
The Fall And The Ascent Of Man
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Author : Joseph Fitzpatrick
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 2012-02-16
The Fall And The Ascent Of Man written by Joseph Fitzpatrick and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-16 with Religion categories.
In this groundbreaking work, Joseph Fitzpatrick challenges the traditional interpretation of chapter three of Genesis: the story of Adam and Eve in Eden. This narrative was imposed on the Christian West, but not the East, through the genius of Augustine of Hippo and came to dominate Catholic and Protestant theology. Fitzpatrick points to weaknesses in Augustine’s interpretation of the Genesis story before providing a revolutionary interpretation of his own. Fitzpatrick claims that this story is about nothing less than hominisation. Far from being an account of the original sin against God, it is in fact a symbolic tale about the ascent of a hominid couple to full human consciousness. Aided by modern anthropology, Fitzpatrick is able to enter into the mentality of the ancient Hebrews and adopt a literary approach to the biblical text by comparing it with the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. In The Fall and the Ascent of Man, he clears away the clutter of centuries and lets us see the famous tale for what it is: the story of the emergence of humankind on the face of the earth, first in nature, then in history. This book provides the key for a new interpretation of the early chapters of Genesis within a new understanding of Judaeo-Christian salvation history. By offering a biblical account of human sinfulness, Fitzpatrick hopes to draw Western theology closer to that of the Orthodox East and point the way forward for Christian theology in the twenty-first century.
