来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第6集 第6集》

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  All this stuff,
  所有这些
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  hungering after pleasure,
  还有对享乐的追求
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  all this stuff gets in the way of thinking about the Platonic forms.
  所有这些都妨碍人们思考柏拉图式的型相
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  What the philosopher tries to do,
  所以 哲学家们
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  then, so as to better focus on these ideal things,
  为了全神贯注于这些理想事物
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  is to disregard the body, put it aside,
  就要忽略肉体 撇开肉体
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  separate his mind as much as possible from it.
  尽可能地分离精神和肉体
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  That's what Socrates says he's been trying to do.
  苏格拉底曾说他一直都在做这种努力
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  And so because of that,
  正因为如此
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  he's got a better handle on these ideal forms.
  他更好地理解了这些理想型相
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  And then, he believes,
  而且 他认为
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  when death comes and the final separation
  当死亡来临