来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第10集 第10集》

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  I'm going to be assuming there are no souls.
  我会假设灵魂不存在
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  For those of you who still do believe
  对于你们当中仍然
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  in the existence of souls,
  相信灵魂存在的人
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  I suppose you could take a great deal of
  我想你们可以
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  the discussion that follows
  从接下来的大讨论中获益匪浅
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  as some form of large conditional or subjunctive.
  前提条件假设或虚拟方式都可以
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  If there were no souls,
  如果灵魂不存在
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  then here's what we'd have to say.
  接下来就是我们要讨论的东西
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  So although I'll be largely talking
  所以即使我
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  from the perspective of the physicalist,
  从物理主义者的角度高谈阔论
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  if you haven't become convinced of the truth of physicalism,
  但如果你还是不能信服物理主义
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  so be it.
  那就顺其自然吧