It's mortality that gives it that sense of ephemeral value, but it's also mortality that threatens to cancel it out altogether.

因为逃不过必死的结局所以给了美朝生暮死的价值，但必死性也可能带来全盘出局的威胁。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I'm not clear that that kind of knowledge gives a whole lot of value to your life.

我不是很确定,这种知识会给你的生活带来多少价值。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And my arguement is that in our history and today living up to our values or trying to live up to our values is as much a part of our power as a big army.

我要说明的是，无论在历史上还是今天,坚持这些价值观,或者试着坚持,给我们所带来的巨大力量，绝不亚于一只庞大的军队。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

by asking, which of them are so valuable you'd be prepared to do them even if they would introduce what isn't otherwise there, ? namely, the risk of death?

通过问自己，什么事如此有价值,以至于你准备好要去做,即便它们会带来如果不去做就不会有的，也就是，死亡的风险？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选