来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第9集 第9集》

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  based on the invisibility of the soul,
  即根据灵魂的不可见性
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  we can conclude that it's changeless.
  可以推断它是不变的
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  It doesn't seem to be in fact changeless.
  事实上灵魂并非一成不变的
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  Furthermore, we should be,
  更近一步说 我们应该
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  or at least we might well be,
  或者我们至少应该
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  skeptical of the claim that the soul is simple.
  对灵魂的单一性持怀疑态度
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  Indeed, Plato himself, in other dialogues,
  实际上 柏拉图自己在其他对话中
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  argues against the simplicity of the soul.
  也驳斥了灵魂的单一性
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  Now, that doesn't mean he's right in the other dialogues,
  这并不意味着他在其他对话中就是对的
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  but at least suggests that we shouldn't be so ready to assume
  但至少表明 我们不应对这条假设
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  that sort of position is correct.
  确信无疑
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  In The Republic, famously,
  在著名的《理想国》一书中