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Was die Menschen von der Unsterblichkeit wissen, nimmt sich ja oft nicht wissenschaftlich aus. Wieviel Leidenschaft, wieviele Vorurteile liegen in dieser Frage. Todesfurcht oder der Wunsch, das Dasein zu verlängern sprechen mit bei der Wertung der Frage und bei der Antwort, die sich die meisten geben wollen. Als die Naturwissenschaft sich anschickte, als eine Weltanschauung hervorzutreten, gab es Leute, welche die Möglichkeit einer Seelenfortdauer ganz leugneten, und man darf sagen, unter diesen Leugnern waren viele, die oftmals moralisch und ethisch viel höher standen als diejenigen, die eine Unsterblichkeit annahmen. Es waren Menschen, die sich sagten: Das, was wir uns erarbeitet haben, was wir hereingeschafft haben während unseres Lebens von der Geburt bis zum Tod, das wollen wir hinopfern der Allgemeinheit. - Diese Menschen haben darin etwas sittlich Höheres gesehen als den egoistischen Wunsch, das Erarbeitete weiterzutragen. 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