来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第7集 第7集》

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  but you step back and say,
  但当你退出来时会说
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  "That's just insane."
  "真是太疯狂了"
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  Well, Plato thinks
  柏拉图认为
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  that the empirical world has something of that kind of insanity,
  现实的世界也是类似的疯狂
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  something of that kind contradictoriness,
  这其中有一种矛盾性
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  built into it that we don't ordinarily notice.
  但我们身在其中一般不会注意到
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  "He's a basketball player,
  他是个篮球运动员
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  so he's really, really tall,
  所以他长的很高很高
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  except he's only six feet.
  但是只有6英尺[1.8米]
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  So he's really, really short for a basketball player.
  所以作为篮球运动员 他又很矮很矮
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  This is a baby elephant,
  这是只大象宝宝
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  so it's really, really big--
  所以它很大很大