Immortality proved by the testimony of sense

Chapter 6: Transcriber’s Note

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An author argues against materialist claims that thought ceases at death and therefore denies postmortem identity, examining sensory testimony, personal identity, and scriptural texts to defend continuity of the person after bodily dissolution. He critiques philosophical positions by citing instances where bodily form fails to explain intelligence, maintains that consciousness presupposes rather than constitutes personal identity, and interprets biblical passages as implying a conscious separate state. The work also presents and analyzes contemporary sensory reports of apparitions, treating the doctrine of spectres as empirical support for immortality and blending philosophical argument, theological reflection, and eyewitness narrative.

Transcriber’s Note

This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have inconsistent hyphenation in the text. Jargon, dialect, obsolete and alternative spellings were not changed. Misspelled words were corrected.

New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.

Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and were moved to the end of the book. Obvious printing errors, such as partially printed letters and punctuation, were corrected. Final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations were added. Duplicate letters at line endings were removed. The text employs non-standard use of quotation marks and Biblical references.

The following items were changed:

who believe on [in] immortality
August 0 [10], 1800