As long as my soul still exists and is functioning it's still me. I'm still around.

只要我的灵魂在，还在运作,我还活着，我还存在。

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what I'm asking is: Will my soul still be around come Tuesday?

我要问的是：,下星期二我的灵魂还在不在？

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Well,if my soul's still around,that's me.

如果我的灵魂还在，那我就还活着。

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We need to posit the soul, something immaterial that survives the death of the body, that can leave the body, go up to heaven; though, as it happens in these cases, the tie is never completely broken.

我们需要假设灵魂,某种非物质的,能在肉体死后还存在的东西,能离开肉体,升入天堂,尽管,正如在这些例子里发生的,它们之间的联系从未完全破裂

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