来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第7集 第7集》

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  We can think about these things;
  我们可以思考这些东西
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  our mind can grasp them,
  我们的心灵可以感受它们
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  but they're not to be found in this world.
  但是在现实世界中我们找不到
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  Yet, various things that we do find in this world
  然而现实世界中的一些事物
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  get us thinking about those things.
  能让我们想到那些东西
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  I look at the plate on my kitchen table,
  我看着我餐桌上的盘子
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  it's not perfectly round, it's got imperfections;
  它不是正圆的 它不完美
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  but suddenly I start thinking about circles,
  但是我马上就可以想到圆圈
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  perfectly round objects.
  正圆的东西
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  I look at somebody who's pretty.
  我看到一个漂亮的人
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  He or she is not perfectly beautiful,
  他或她并不是无瑕疵的漂亮
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  but suddenly I start thinking about the nature of beauty itself.
  但是我马上会想到美丽本身