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100 1 _aCummings, Abraham,
_d1755-1827
245 1 0 _aImmortality proved by the testimony of sense
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2024-07-30
508 _aCarol Brown, Steve Mattern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Immortality Proved by the Testimony of Sense" by Abraham Cummings is a religious and philosophical treatise written in the mid-19th century. This work discusses the existence of spectres and the concept of immortality, addressing both historical testimonies and contemporary skepticism about supernatural occurrences. The text seems to reflect on the nature of personal identity, consciousness, and the soul's existence beyond physical death, using the phenomenon of apparitions as a central theme. The beginning of the work presents an argument against materialism—an idea that everything, including thought, is a result of matter—asserting that personal identity and consciousness persist beyond bodily death. Cummings delves into discussions around the notion of spectres, particularly referencing a significant event in Sullivan, Maine, where a series of phenomena were witnessed in 1800. The author critiques prevailing materialist arguments and cites biblical references to illustrate that spirits can exist independently of the human body, thereby promoting the idea of immortality supported by sense perception and historical accounts. Through these explorations, Cummings sets the tone for what appears to be a deeply theological examination of life after death. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cPortland, Maine: J. L. Lovell, 1859
653 _aSpiritualism
653 _aImmortality
653 _aApparitions
856 4 _uhttps://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1098&context=books
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74156
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