Soul-Body Relationship and Immortality

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The question of immortality is an ancient one and is key in philosophy and religion. Man lives a span of years and then dies, and probably from the very beginning of the human race men and women have wondered if there is something beyond death. Ashley Montagu writes: "Man, we reasonably assume, is the only living creature who entertains the idea of immortality" (Montagu 1).

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"The question of immortality is an ancient one and is key in philosophy and religion. Man lives a span of years and then dies, and probably from the very beginning of the human race men and women have wondered if there is something beyond death. Ashley Montagu writes: "Man, we reasonably assume, is the only living creature who entertains the idea of immortality" (Montagu 1). Much of religion is concerned with the notion of the afterlife, and many philosophers have considered the nature of the soul and the question of whether it precedes or outlasts the body. Many ancient peoples showed their belief in immortality through burial customs that sent the departed individual to the afterlife with many of his or her possessions, presumably so they could be used there as well. Plato offered his view that the soul and body were not one and that the soul existed before the..."

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