Single Idea 12917

[catalogued under 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul]

Full Idea

Not only is the soul indestructible, but it always knows itself and remains self-conscious.

Gist of Idea

The soul is indestructible and always self-aware

Source

Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Antoine Arnauld [1686], 1686.11)

Book Reference

Leibniz,Gottfried: 'The Leibniz-Arnauld Correspondence', ed/tr. Mason,HT/Parkinson,GHR [Manchester UP 1967], p.89


A Reaction

Personally I am not even self-aware during much of my sleeping hours, and I would say that I cease to be self-aware if I am totally absorbed in something on which I concentrate.