来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡第26集第26集》

that there's something more to us than our bodies.

我们除了身体以外还有灵魂
And they believe that because

他们之所以相信是因为
they think, given the existence of a soul,

他们认为如果存在灵魂
we'll have the possibility of living forever.

我们就有可能永远活着
Immortality is a possibility,

永生就是可能的
and we all hope for and crave the possibility

而我们都希望并渴求这种机会
that we will live forever

永生的机会
because death is, and must be, horrible.

因为死亡是而且绝对是可怕的
It's so horrible that we try not to think about it.

可怕到我们尽量不去想它
It's so horrible that when we do think about it

可怕到当我们想到它时
we're filled with dread, terror and fear.

我们就会充满恐惧害怕和焦虑
And it's just obvious that that's the only sensible reaction

而且很明显这是对死亡