来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第9集 第9集》
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by the particular method of destruction特定的方法摧毁 -
that involves taking them apart.比方说将其拆分 -
If they don't have parts,如果它们没有组成部分 -
you can't take them apart.那你就无法拆分它们 -
But for all that,但话虽如此 -
it still seems conceptually possible for a simple从概念上来说 -
to be destroyed in the following sense:还是可以通过以下方法来摧毁单一物的 -
it goes out of existence.可以让它根本就没有存在过 -
After all, where did the simples come from毕竟 单一物最初 -
in the first place?都是从哪来的呢 -
Well, at least from a logical point of view,至少从逻辑角度来说 -
it seems as though there's no difficulty in imagining想象在某时某刻一个给定的单一物