As is the effect, such is the cause; as thought, such is the power that thinks, a power impassive and Indiscerptible."
"Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia"
Samuel Johnson
Bishop Butler's grand argument for belief in the possibility of a future life goes upon the supposition that our conscious personality is distinct and separable from our perishable frame, and is in itself "Indiscerptible," so that there is no reason why it should not survive the death of the body.
"The Religious Situation"
Goldwin Smith