来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第9集 第9集》

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  Plato gives the example of fire and being hot.
  柏拉图举过火和热的例子
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  Fire is hot.
  火是热的
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  That's a property that it's got,
  那就是火所具有的属性
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  but it's not a contingent property;
  但它不是偶然属性
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  it's an essential property.
  它是个基本属性
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  It's not as though some fire is hot and some fire is cold or,
  不能说有的火是热的 有的火是冷的
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  "Oh yes, it just happens that over the entire life
  "是啊 火确实一直都是热的
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  of the fire the fire is hot,
  但那只是碰巧而已
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  but we could have made it cold."
  我们可以让它变冷的"
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  There's no such thing;
  从来没有那样的事
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  there could be no such thing as cold fire.
  不可能有什么冷的火
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  As long as you've got a bit of fire, it's hot.
  只要有一丁点火苗 它就一定是热的