![]() No: but man is "a little world in himself " and we may with the same right conclude from this Microcosm to the actual existence of an immaterial soul, as from the phenomena of the world to the reality of God's existence.Ī Definition of the soul is then given, for the sake of clearness in the succeeding discussion. In other words, the spirituality of God cannot be denied: and this proves the possibility of spiritual or immaterial existence: and therefore, that of the soul.īut is God, then, the same thing as the soul? Thus the truth of this doctrine would involve the truth of Atheism whereas Atheism is refuted by the fact of the wise order that reigns in the world. How is the objection that the nature of the soul, as of real things, is material, to be met? The case calls for speculative and scientific treatment. ![]() The mind, in times of bereavement, craves a certainty gained by reasoning as to the existence of the soul after death.įirst, then: Virtue will be impossible, if deprived of the life of eternity, her only advantage.īut this is a moral argument. ![]() Gregory of Nyssa: Dogmatic Treatises, Etc - Gregory of NyssaArgument. ![]()
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