This is what he says in this first passage. He says: If we study speech from several viewpoints simultaneously, the object of linguistics appears to us as a confused mass of heterogeneous and unrelated things.

这也是他在第一篇文章里说的话：,我们同时从几个角度读这篇文章，这时语言学乱的像一锅粥,没有系统毫无关联性。

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One, metaphysically, are bodies and souls distinct?

第一,从形而上学的角度讲,肉体和灵魂是截然不同的吗

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