Should we conclude,therefore, that the key to the important question--namely, What matters? the answer to that question, should we conclude,is,same personality?

我们是否就该得出结论，重要问题的关键，也就是什么是最重要的，这问题的答案就是相同的人格吗？

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Still, granted the premise, if you can't picture it or imagine it, you can't believe in it-- Should we conclude, therefore, that you can't believe you're going to be dead?

但让我们仍然基于，无法想象的东西是不能相信的这个前提-,我们就该得出，人不能相信自己的死亡,这一结论吗？

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But I want to say, on Plato's behalf, no, it's not, on behalf of the argument, Socrates should never have concluded the argument with this odd qualifying phrase that the soul is indestructible or nearly so.

但是我想代表柏拉图说，不，是代表这个论证，苏格拉底绝不该,在这个结论里,加上这个奇怪的量的修饰词,灵魂几乎是不可摧毁的。

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If that's right, then maybe the conclusion should be "Well, you know, yeah, the Cartesian thought experiment shows that there could be a world in which there are minds that are not identical to bodies.

如果事实如此,那么结论该是,怎么说呢,笛卡尔的思想实验表明,可能存在某个世界,其中存在着,不同于身体的心灵

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