Originally the work of an anonymous Babylonian poet, who lived over 3700 years ago, this is the tale of one man's struggle against death. Not content with the immortal renown won by reckless deeds, the hero of the epic seeks immortality itself and journeys to the end of the earth and beyond.

Best Loved Poems

Here is a collection of the poetry that America loves best. These are the poems that people ask for again and again—the old familiar favorites, known and loved since childhood, along with the newer selections that have won a place in the hearts of readers. These poems have something to say to us all, as, by common consent, each one has expressed a thought or crystallized an emotion with, a deeper and more enduring understanding. They all center on the great and universal things of life—Love, Home and Childhood, Faith and Immortality, Love of Country, Nature, and, since it too is a deeply human thing, Humor. The final chapter is devoted to the best-known old favorite story poems.

Kants Moral Metaphysics: God, Freedom, and Immortality

Morality has traditionally been understood to be tied to certain metaphysical beliefs: notably, in the freedom of human persons (to choose right or wrong courses of action), in a god (or gods) who serve(s) as judge(s) of moral character, and in an afterlife as the locus of a ""final judgment"" on individual behavior. Some scholars read the history of moral philosophy as a gradual disentangling of our moral commitments from such beliefs.

The Prospect Of Immortality is the book that began the cryonics movement.

First published in 1964, the book went on to become a best-selling selection of the Book-Of-The-Month club as well as go on to numerous foreign-language translations.

The author, mathematics and physics professor Robert C. W. Ettinger, went on become the founder and first President of the Cryonics Institute, one of the leading cryonics suspension service providers in the world today.

The Prospect Of Immortality is arguably the single most important text in the history of cryonics. It is the starting point for anyone seriously interested in learning more about the subject.