That is to say,at the death of their body, their soul takes over,animates,inhabits, gets connected to a new body that's being born.

也就是说，他们肉体死亡，他们的灵魂继续活跃，寄存在，另一个新出生的肉体上。

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Maybe we need to appeal to the soul in order to explain what animates the body.

也许我们需要诉诸灵魂,来解释,什么赋予肉体以生命

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