But here's a set of views that many of you probably believe,

但有一些观点或许你们大多数人是赞同的
and I imagine most of you believe at least some of these things.

我想你们至少会相信其中一部分
So here's the set of common views.

这是几种普遍的观点
First of all, that we have a soul.

第一我们有灵魂
That is to say we are not just bodies.

那就是说我们不仅仅只是个肉体
We're not just lumps of bone and flesh.

我们不仅仅只是几块骨头和肉
But there's a part of us,

我们身体中有一部分
perhaps the essential part of us,

可能是极其重要的
that is something more than the physical,

比身体还重要得多
the spiritual, immaterial part of us,

精神的非物质的部分
which as I say in this class we'll call a soul.

就像我在这说的灵魂
Most of us, most of you, probably believe in souls.

你们中的大多数人可能相信灵魂