At various times, characters in Perry's Dialogue defend the immaterial soul, the body, and psychological connections as the key to understanding personal identity. Each of these theories is provided as a means to reject or defend survival after death. The immaterial soul theory argues that personal identity is found in the soul which is distinct from the body. The survival of a person depends on whether the soul survives. The body theory claims that personal …showed first 75 words of 1169 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1169 total…material body in order to be in a material world. The body and soul are closely related in this life, but are separated at death. It is because of the soul that we are able to survive death because it is timeless. "For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" (2 Corinthians 4:18). 1Langbaum, Robert. The Mysteries of Identity: A Theme in Modern Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. Ppp.25-27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**