beyond-the-grave

Updated: May 5, 2025

In the same way, the man who cannot govern his passions by fear of the law is a very excusable invalid; yet he cannot enjoy peace of mind, or the knowledge of God, or even the love of God, and it is necessary that he perish." Through death he has re-entered within order. But does the sanction of beyond-the-grave exist, and is the soul immortal, and are we to be rewarded therein in another life?

Émile Faguet - Initiation into Philosophy