来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第9集 第9集》

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  "the argument from essential properties."
  "关于基本属性的论证"
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  Now again, it's important to bear in mind
  同样 切记
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  as we try to make sense of this passage
  当我们努力解读这篇
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  that Plato is writing at a time
  柏拉图写于很久以前的文章时
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  when we don't have, we didn't have,
  那时候没有
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  all the conceptual apparatus that we have nowadays.
  现在这些概念性的华丽外衣
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  We stand on his shoulders;
  我们站在他的肩膀上
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  we've inherited some of the distinctions
  我们继承了一些不同的观点
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  that he was the first to try to put into play.
  是他首先提出要加入这个问题的
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  And so although, again, he's about to--
  所以尽管
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  I'm about to sketch or reconstruct an argument
  我想描绘论证的主干 重建它
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  and claim that that the argument doesn't actually work,
  认为这个论证并不成立