Science and Immortality

Saturated with scholarly references to the sayings of poets, prophets, and philosophers, Osler provides a sweeping overview of his chosen subject, sharing a physician’s perspective on belief in immortality from three commonly assumed viewpoints. Most of us, Osler observes – like the lukewarm Christians of Laodicea – are practically indifferent to the question of personal immortality, and “the society set of the modern world… cares not a fig for the life to come.” Naturalists and investigators... Voir plus