来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡第1集第1集》

what I'm going to be arguing in this class,

我准备在这儿给你们证明的就是
is that that set of views is pretty much mistaken

那个观点从头至尾
from beginning to end.

都是错的
And so I'm going to try to convince you that there is no soul.

我尝试让你们相信灵魂是不存在的
Immortality would not be a good thing.

永生并不是一件好事
Fear of death isn't actually an appropriate response to death.

对死亡感到恐惧是正常的反应
Suicide, under certain circumstances,

自杀有时候
might be rationally and morally justified.

也有可能是合理的在道德上也是正当的
As I say,

如我所言
the common picture is pretty much mistaken from start to end.

那个普遍观点从头到尾都是错的
That's at least my goal.

那至少是我的目标
That's my aim.

我的目的