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In fact there is no soul and therefore their creed is the best. If there is a soul, what proof is there of its existence? The answer to this argument is that soul is proved by the self consciousness of the
man.
The consciousness of man is not the result of any material forces. If it is so then the firmness such as there is in the earth ought to always prevail everywhere, but this is not the case, because we do not find any consciousness in substance such as iron, dead bodies &c.
69. Q.-In stone etc. and also in a dead body there is life but it is merely in the form of a force and hence it is invisible.
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This statement of yours is not correct because it involves the non-solution of two difficulties. Is that force antagonistic to life or is it life itself? If you say that it is antagonistic to life, then it is not right to say that life is in the form of a force in as much as without the existence
