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In Defense of Immortality.
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In 1904, less than six years before his death, William James made a revealing statement in response to a questionnaire circulated by his former student James Pratt. To the question, "Do you believe in personal immortality?" James answered, "Never keenly, but more strongly as I grow older" "If so, why?" "Because I am just getting fit to live."
Not a ringing endorsement perhaps, but James was sure of one thing: that the common arguments against immortality need not deter u...
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