来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第22集 第22集》

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  Now some degree of fear makes sense.
  现在 一定程度的恐惧是合理的
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  And perhaps that's what we've got with regard to death.
  这也许和我们对于死亡的恐惧一样
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  If so, we might say
  如果是这样 我们可以说
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  the crucial ingredient here,
  关键是因为
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  by virtue of which death is something that it's appropriate for us
  死亡的不可预测性
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  to be afraid of is because of the unpredictability.
  所以我们惧怕死亡是恰当的
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  Even if we had variability
  即使生命长度因人而异
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  we might not have unpredictability.
  死亡也未必不可预测
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  That's a point that we touched upon previously.
  这个观点我们前面讲过
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  It's the unpredictability
  因为不可预测
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  that leaves you in a position of not knowing
  所以你不确知
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  whether death will come soon, or death will come late.
  死亡何时降临