来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡第13集第13集》

Way back at the start of the semester when we asked,

回想一下学期伊始我们曾提出
"Why believe in souls?"

"为什么要相信灵魂存在"
One important argument was,

一个重要论点是
or really family of arguments was,

或者说一系列论点是
you need to believe in souls

我们必须相信灵魂
in order to explain why bodies are animated,

由此我们才能解释肉体为什么活力四溢
why people are rational,

人为什么有理性
how they can have personalities,

人为何具有人格
how they can be creative, and so forth.

人为什么有创造力等等
In order to explain consciousness and self-awareness.

为了解释意识以及自我意识
Whatever it was, fill in your favorite blank,

随便是什么就像做填空题一样
fill in the blank in your favorite way.

按照你的喜好填上就行