来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第7集 第7集》

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  I don't think they work,
  我不认为它们行得通
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  though I want to remark before I turn to them
  在此我得声明
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  that in saying this
  说这些话时
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  I'm not necessarily criticizing Plato.
  我并不一定是在批判柏拉图
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  As we'll see,
  因为我们将看到
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  some of the later arguments seem to be deliberately
  一些后期的观点似乎是专门用来
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  aimed at answering objections
  回答那些反驳
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  that we can raise to some of the earlier arguments.
  尤其是针对我们之前讲的那些观点的意见
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  And so it might well be that Plato himself recognized
  所以说不定柏拉图认识到
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  that the initial arguments
  最初的论点
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  aren't as strong as they need to be.
  并不是他所需要的那样强有力
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  Plato wrote the dialogues
  柏拉图写下这些对话录