Our conceptions always require a sense-content to work with, and as the words 'soul', 'God', 'immortality' cover no distinctive sense-content whatsoever, it follows that theoretically speaking they are words devoid of any significance. Yet strangely enough they have a definite meaning π§π°π³ π°πΆπ³ π±π³π’π€π΅πͺπ€π¦. We can act π’π΄ πͺπ§ there were a God; feel π’π΄ πͺπ§ we were free; consider Nature π’π΄ πͺπ§ she were full of special designs; lay plans π’π΄ πͺπ§ we were to be immortal; and we find then that these words do make a genuine difference in our moral life.
philosophy
spirituality
The Varieties of Religious Experience
by William James