Well, the things we'll talk about are philosophical questions that arise as we begin to think about the nature of death.

我们要讨论的是,在我们思考死亡本质时产生的哲学问题。

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And when I asked about philosophy he said philosophy has nothing to say about death, only poetry has something to say about death.

当我问到哲学的时候,他说哲学与死亡无关，只有诗能够解读死亡。

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But there are a set of philosophical puzzles about how death could be bad.

但是有许多哲学疑问,是关于死亡怎样变成坏事的。

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Socrates is engaged in philosophical discussion with his friends, knows he's about to die.

苏格拉底和朋友们进行哲学探讨，知道自己就将死亡。

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And he said, philosophy has nothing to say about death.

他说，哲学与死亡毫无关系。

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And so, the philosopher, who has sort of trained himself to separate his mind from his body, to disregard his bodily cravings and desires-- the philosopher will welcome death because at that point he'll truly, finally, make the final break from the body.

所以,那些,已经为灵魂脱离肉体,以及忽视自己的肉体欲望,做好准备的哲学家,将会欢迎死亡的到来,那时他会真正地,最终地,从自己的肉体中解脱出来

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Well, one way of course is to accept the objection and say " "You're right Death isn't really bad for me " And some philosophers have indeed accepted that very conclusion, maybe Epicurus Most of us want to say " "No, no Death is bad for me" So we need a better answer to the ?" "Oh yeah? When is it bad for you?"

一种方式当然是接受它并说,“你是对的，死亡对我来说真的没什么坏处“,而一些哲学家确实接受了,那个结论，也许比如伊壁鸠鲁,我们大多数人想说,“不，不，死亡对我来说有坏处“,于是我们需要一个更好的答案来回答,“是么？，它什么时候对你有坏处了“

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