来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第8集 第8集》

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  The conclusion that Socrates reaches from his examination of change
  苏格拉底通过关于改变
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  and invisibility and so forth and so on,
  无形等等概念的讨论
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  and compositeness versus simplicity,
  以及合成性与简单性的对比
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  is that
  所得出的结论是
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  "the soul is indestructible or nearly so."
  "灵魂不可摧毁或几乎不可摧毁"
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  Now, adding that qualification opens the door to a worry.
  现在 这个限定带来了新的问题
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  The worry gets raised by Cebes who says,
  这个问题是塞贝斯提出来的 他说
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  even if we grant that the soul is nearly indestructible,
  即使我们承认灵魂几乎不可被摧毁
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  that's not good enough to get us immortality.
  也不足以说明灵魂的不朽
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  And he gives a very nice analogy of somebody who's--
  而且他还提出了一个十分有趣的类比
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  a coat, which could outlast the owner
  一件衣服可能比它的主人存在更久
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  but isn't immortal.
  不过它绝非不朽