GOES BEFORE 12

V THE PANGS OF DEATH MUST BE ATTRIBUTED
TO MAN ALONE 14

VI THE MISTAKE OF THE DOCTORS IN PROLONGING
THE PANGS OF DEATH 17

VII THEIR ARGUMENTS 19

VIII THAT WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO DEATH 21

IX THE HORRORS OF THE GRAVE ALSO DO
NOT BELONG TO DEATH 25

X WHEN CONTEMPLATING THE UNKNOWN INTO
WHICH DEATH HURLS US, LET US FIRST
PUT RELIGIOUS FEARS FROM OUR MINDS 29

XI ANNIHILATION IMPOSSIBLE 33

XII THE SURVIVAL OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS 37

XIII IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE 39

XIV THE SAME, CONTINUED 45

XV IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, IT WOULD NOT
BE DREADFUL 48

XVI THE SURVIVAL WITHOUT CONSCIOUSNESS 51

XVII THE SAME, CONTINUED 54

XVIII THE LIMITED EGO WOULD BECOME A
TORTURE 57

XIX A NEW EGO CAN FIND A NUCLEUS AND
DEVELOP ITSELF IN INFINITY 60

XX THE ONLY SORROW THAT CAN TOUCH
OUR MIND 65

XXI INFINITY AS CONCEIVED BY OUR REASON 68

XXII INFINITY AS PERCEIVED BY OUR SENSES 71

XXIII WHICH OF THE TWO SHALL WE KNOW? 74

XXIV THE INFINITY WHICH BOTH OUR REASON
AND OUR SENSES CAN ADMIT 77

XXV OUR FAITH IN INFINITY 81

XXVI THE SAME, CONTINUED 84

XXVII SHALL WE BE UNHAPPY THERE? 87

XXVIII QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS? 90

XXIX THE SAME, CONTINUED 95

XXX IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO ANSWER
THEM 99

XXXI EVERYTHING MUST FINISH EXEMPT FROM
SUFFERING 102

DEATH

I

OUR IDEA OF DEATH

It has been well said:

"Death and death alone is what we must consult about life; and not
some vague future or survival, in which we shall not be present. It is
our own end; and everything happens in the interval between death and
now. Do not talk to me of those imaginary prolongations which wield
over us the childish spell