来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第9集 第9集》

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  No.
  不需要
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  What I need to do is to take a look at each argument
  我只须看看那些声称
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  that gets offered for the existence of a soul and rebut it--
  灵魂存在的论证
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  explain why those arguments are not compelling.
  然后一一解释为什么这些论证没有说服力
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  I don't need to prove that souls are impossible.
  我无须证明灵魂不存在
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  I just need to undermine the case for souls.
  我只须颠覆灵魂存在论即可
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  If there's no good reason to believe in souls,
  如果没有什么好的理由相信灵魂存在
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  that actually constitutes a reason
  其实也就给了我们一个理由
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  to believe there are no souls.
  相信灵魂不存在
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  Now, if you want to, you could go on and try to prove
  现在 你们如果愿意 可以试着证明
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  that souls are impossible in the same way
  灵魂不可能存在
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  that maybe dragons are impossible.
  就像我刚才证明龙不可能存在一样