来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡第9集第9集》

the soul is like the harmony of a harp.

说灵魂就好像竖琴演奏的音乐
And this was originally offered

本来这个例子是为了给
as a counterexample to the thought

不可见的东西就不可被摧毁
that invisible things couldn't be destroyed.

这一结论做反例的
But harmony could be destroyed.

但音乐是可以被破坏的
It was invisible, so invisible things could be destroyed.

它不可见但不可见的东西却能被摧毁
But I noticed, I mentioned that,

但我注意到我说过
look, whether or not this is a problem for the argument,

无论它是不是这个论证的问题所在
it's an interesting suggestion in its own right.

这本身就是个有趣的说法
Because the suggestion that the mind is to the body,

因为关于精神之于肉体
the soul is to the body,

灵魂之于肉体
like harmony is to an instrument with strings,

就好像音乐之于弦乐器这样的假设