The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) / quote 62 of 254
Time to bury the immaterial soul
To switch metaphors, if the soil is not proving to be fertile, it is better to plant elsewhere than to continue in the hope that persistence will bear fruit. In all my years of reading and thinking about soul and self, I’ve yet to come across a single argument that is left standing after even a little serious scrutiny. As an idea, the immaterial soul is dead, and it’s time we buried it, along with any other dreams we might have had about finding the pearl at the heart of our identity.