For the aspiring undying, Mr Cave unfortunately concludes that immortality is a mirage. But his demolition project is fascinating in its own right. The section on the soul is an able attack on the related doctrines of "vitalism", the soul and mind-body dualism—the intuitive and still widely held body of ideas that hold that living creatures are animated by some sort of supernatural spark, and that an individual's personality or consciousness can survive death. The chapters on resurrection will interest Christians, as Mr Cave examines how the literal recreation, by God, of dead people's bodies remains the doctrine of most branches of Christianity. The idea of one's soul, as opposed to one's body, ending up in heaven or hell is a subsequent embellishment.
谈到那令人神往的永生,很不幸,卡夫先生的结论是,长生不老只是一种幻想。不过,他摧毁这种幻想的论证过程还是很精彩的。在关于灵魂的章节里,作者对与永生相关的“活力论”信条作了有力的抨击。活力论是一种灵魂(及心灵)与肉体的二元论,这种理念很直观,并且仍然被广为接受。它认为,生物是被某种超自然的力量所激活的,个人的特性和知觉在死后仍然存在。书中关于复活的章节肯定会使基督徒们感兴趣,卡夫先生在其中讨论了上帝使死人复活的故事,解释了为什么复活到现在仍然是大多数基督教派的信条。在接下来的章节中,卡夫涉及到人的灵魂上天堂或入地狱的话题。
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