Dreams and Recollections

The subtitle indicates that the book is concerned with our immortal selves, but the argument is purely inductive and philosophical rather than relating to any evidence for or against the proposition. It is based on the Freudian idea that we cannot imagine ourselves dead and also on analogies between life and dream, death and sleep. He suggests that dying may be like waking up from a dream but also life is falling asleep into a dream - there is in fact some evidence that this may be true. On the basis of his inductive argument, the author considers it probable that we have existed before the present life and will continue to exist afterwards. The book is certainly intellectually engaging, ranging over a wide area but its interest will be primarily for those looking to consider the philosophy and logic of immortality.