even if I don't have survival.

即使我没活下来也没关系
Suppose--I don't believe in souls,

假设虽然我不相信灵魂
but suppose there really are souls.

但假设灵魂真的存在
And suppose the soul is the key to personal identity.

假设灵魂是人格同一性的关键
And suppose the thing that Locke was worried about really does happen.

假设洛克担心的事情真的发生了
Every day at midnight God destroys the old soul

每天午夜上帝都会毁灭旧灵魂
and replaces it with a new soul

用新灵魂代替它
that has the very same personality as the one before midnight,

这个新灵魂与午夜前那个旧灵魂有着
similar personality,

相似的人格
same beliefs, desires, and so forth and so on.

相同的信仰愿望等等
If I were to discover that's what was happening metaphysically

如果我发现这就是形而上学中的情况
and the soul view was the true theory of personal identity,

且灵魂理论真是人格同一性的正确理论