He said he did not see why not, as long as people put up with him and he was having fun.

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The very presence in a theatrical piece of a long and weighty philosophical debate like this one could easily be seen as having a pretty tedious effect.

很容易看出这样一个戏剧般长篇,而有分量的哲学争论,有着令人厌倦的作用。

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I'm inclined to think that the key to personal identity is having the same body, as long as there's no branching,as long as there's no splitting.

我倾向于觉得个人认同感取决于同样的身体，前提是没有分支和分裂。

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