来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第9集 第9集》

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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
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  this isn't really meant by way of being dismissive of Plato.
  这并不意味着我是在鄙视柏拉图的思想
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  I want to give him a tremendous amount of credit.
  我要向他致以崇高的敬意
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  He's trying to see his way through a morass of issues
  他试图在问题重重的沼泽里找到明路
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  that are still confusing to us today,
  这些问题我们至今仍然会感到困惑
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  though I think we can see somewhat
  但我认为我们能够