So even though it's invisible, you can destroy it by destroying the musical instrument on which it depends.

所以即使它是无形的,你可以通过毁掉它所依靠的乐器,来毁灭它。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

If the mind is like the harmony of the body, then maybe you could destroy the mind, the soul by destroying the body on which the mind depends.

如果精神像是身体的和声，那也许你可以通过毁灭,精神依靠的肉体来毁灭,精神和灵魂。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

There is something that one might be able to hold on to: the knob of something, the little flame of something that ; The grain of sand. -The grain of sand; but there is really not a decent metaphor for it, I think.

一个你可以依靠的支点：,一个不同寻常的想法，一个思想的小火花,就像一粒沙中看世界，-一粒沙中看世界;,不过我认为任何比喻都不够贴切。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Now that I've written sqrt, I can just use it anywhere I want in the code. You've got to rely on the fact that I wrote it correctly, but you can basically suppress the details of how it's used.

就是忽略细节,既然我已经编写了sqrt函数,我可以在代码的任何地方使用它，你完全可以依靠,我已经编写的这个函数。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选