The death of my body is the end of my existence as a person.

我肉体的死亡就是我作为人的存在的终结。

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That's why we wish--maybe some of us believe, but at the very least the rest of us, many of us hoped--there were souls, so that death wouldn't have to be the end.

这就是为什么我们会希望，也许我们有人相信，但我们之中其他人，我们中的多数人希望有灵魂的存在，那样死亡就不是终结了。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选