Is death the end of all existence, is man just matter? Or does something immortal leave the cooling body? Scholars have been dealing with such questions for centuries – and have found some astonishing answers.
Certainly, with death the life of the body ends. The body decays and dissolves into its chemical components. But is death also the end of the being? Of that individual who once laughed and cried, loved and hated?
Many suspect, others hope or are certain: Man is much more than a material body. For them, the body is just the place where something else develops – something that is possibly immortal. That extends beyond human existence.
An energy perhaps, an immaterial force, a mysterious source of memories, feelings, longings, perceptions, thoughts?