Last time we turned to the question of what the metaphysical key to personal identity might be.

上次我们谈到,对于人格同一性的概念而言,形而上学的关键是什么。

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It seems to just violate one of our fundamental notions about how people work,metaphysically speaking.

这似乎违背了一个基本概念,即是从形而上学观点看关于人存在的基本看法。

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It seems to violate one of the fundamental metaphysical things about how people work.

这似乎违背了形而上学理论关于人存在的基本概念。

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