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Immortality and Transcendence.<\/h2>\n

The current issue of In-formarse is for anyone who questions the beyond and the immortality of the soul itself. Literature from ancient times to our era has left clear testimonies on these topics: what does it mean that man is a transcendent being? How is it possible that the reality around us is more than mere matter? Seneca, Cicero, Saint Augustine, Tolkien, and Walker Percy give us clues to answer these questions.<\/p>\n

INDEX<\/strong><\/p>\n

Immanence of God and transcendence of man in The Confessions<\/em> by Augustine of Hippo (04)
\nBy Bruno Do Spirito Santo, L.C.<\/p>\n

A glimpse of immortality according to Seneca What was there for a Roman after death? (07)
\nBy Antonio Herrero, L.C.<\/p>\n

Death and the N\u00famen\u00f3reans Is This Life All There Is? (12)
\nBy Eric Gilhooly, L.C.<\/p>\n

The Search. The Transcendent in the novels of Walker Percy (16)
\nBy John Studer, L.C.<\/p>\n

Can a Believer Be in Genuine Awe of the Universe? Do ancient Latin authors have anything to say about it? (19)
\nBy Luis F. Hern\u00e1ndez, L.C.<\/p>\n[gdlr_button href=”http:\/\/legionariosdecristo.org\/es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/11\/in-formarse_marzo2017_n56.pdf” target=”_self” size=”medium” background=”#000000″ color=”#ffffff”][gdlr_icon type=”fa fa-file-pdf-o”] PDF[\/gdlr_button]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Immortality and Transcendence. The current issue of In-formarse is for anyone who questions the beyond and the immortality of the soul itself. Literature from ancient times to our era has left clear testimonies on these topics: what does it mean that man is a transcendent being? 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