A lot of what brings me to this table and this conversation is the combination of what I do now as an ordained minister in the Presbyterian church, and what I did previously as a wilderness instructor.

促使我来这个讲堂,参与大家讨论的原因,应该是由于我的工作,我现在是长老会的受命教长，曾经是野外活动的教练。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But since we are only looking at enough of the problem of identity to get to the question that we really want to think about, the nature of personal identity across time, I'm not going to pursue that.

但由于我们只是,通过质的问题,来讨论,我们真正关注的问题，也就是贯穿时间的人格同一性，所以我不讨论那些。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选