So, if language seems exhausted because it's always preceding you, everything has always already been said, there's no new plot to be had, the world is full of stock phrases, how do you use them to embody an experience that seems fresh to you?

所以，如果因语言，在你之前就存在，而它就显得枯竭，如果一切都已经被说过，如果已没有新的情节可供创造，如果世界一直充满陈腔旧调，你如何能够用它们,呈现出一个崭新的体验？

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Putting aside,for the most part,the soul view, because I've argued that there are no souls-- although occasionally I bring it out just for the sake of comparison and contrast-- the main question we want to ask ourselves is how to choose between the body view and the personality view.

基本上可以把灵魂理论放到一边，因为我已经说过不认为有灵魂存在-,尽管有时候我会提到这个词,但那只是为了便于对比和比照-,我们要探讨的一个主要问题是,如何在两者之间取舍。

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