At the core of it is a belief in progress, something that was essentially not present among the Greeks.

其核心就是对于进步的信仰,实质上说这在希腊文化中是不存在的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

I mean this is perhaps a real sort of crossroad that I think a lot of people of faith feel they have to decide between which way they're going to go.

我是说，这或许真的是一个十字路口,许多有信仰的人感觉到,他们必须选择自己将会走哪一条路。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Because of course,if we said that, then I'd die as soon as I got a new belief.

因为如果那样说的话，我一旦有了新的信仰，就会被宣告死亡。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So--you might think " "Oh, no, the physicalist is wrong," when the physicalist says that personality memory, belief, consciousness, what have you is housed or based in the body is based in an immaterial soul.

你也许会想,“不，这个物理主义学者说错了“,当他说,个人的记忆，信仰，意识，等等都储存在肉体里,也储存在非物质的灵魂里。

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