It's folly to think that we have about us protective spirits who might actually keep us from harm.

认为真的有神灵在周围,庇佑我们不受伤害是愚蠢的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But in this class, just to try to keep us from getting confused, as I indicated before and I want to remind you, I'm going to save the word "Soul"; I'm going to at least try to save the word "Soul" for when I'm talking about the dualist view.

不过在课堂上,为了避免歧义,就像我之前说的,而且我要再次重申,我会尽量少用"灵魂"这个词,至少我会将"灵魂"这个词留到,我讲二元论的时候再用

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

We're not going to talk about sociological attitudes that we have towards the dying in our culture and how we tend to try to keep the dying hidden from the rest of us.

我们不会去讨论在我们的文化中,面对死亡的社会学态度,以及我们如何试着去避免面对死亡。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选