Why don't we just find meaning in the text, which is available to us?

我们为什么不能在可利用的文本中，找到作者的真实含义？

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Because once you actually push people,to pin them down, what do you mean by it,you end up with something that's either just not true, or not interesting,or not necessary, or not particularly unique to death.

因为你一旦逼问他们这到底是什么含义，得到的东西既不会是真实的，也不会是必要和有趣的，也不会是对于死亡来说独特的。

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