来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡第23集第23集》

part of the original amoeba could be there for

原始变形虫的某些部分会延续
many, many, many generations.

很多很多代
Some people take comfort in the thought that,

有些人从这种想法中获得安慰
literally speaking, a part of them will continue,

不管怎么说他们的一部分活了下来
if not through cells through my offspring,

如果不是通过子女遗传
perhaps at least my atoms get recycled, get used again.

至少我身上的原子循环再利用了
And so I get absorbed into the universe,

尽管我消散在宇宙里
but I never disappear.

但我从未消失
Some people take comfort in that thought.

有些人从这一想法中得到安慰
The German philosopher Schopenhauer

德国哲学家叔本华
thought that this should

认为这种想法
reduce somewhat the sting of death.

可以减轻死亡的煎熬