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well, the tragic view of life, which the Greeks invent

悲剧人生观
and which characterizes their culture,

在伊利亚特和奥德赛的一开始就有所体现
is there right at the beginning

这是希腊人首先提出的
in the Iliad and the Odyssey.

体现了他们的文化性格
It says that at the same time as man is remarkable,

他们认为尽管人类是一个非常卓越
marvelous creature capable of all sorts of amazing things,

有着各种神奇能力的种族
even unto being almost like the gods, he is nonetheless mortal

几乎就像神一样但却无法永生
and dies, and he doesn't have the power that the gods do.

终会消逝他们没有像神明那样的能力
And what do you do about that?

你会怎样对待这个问题
Well, it's interesting,

我觉得这是一件很有意思的事
I think, to compare the Greek way

拿希腊人的方式来对照
of dealing with this human problem that we all have,

如何处理死亡这个人人面临的问题