It's an anthology of writings or books written and edited over an extensive period of time by people in very different situations responding to very different issues and stimuli, some political, some historical, some philosophical, some religious, some moral.

是书籍文献的选集,由许多人在一段相当长的时间里,在各种各样的环境下,对不同的事件做出回应而写成的，政治的，历史的，哲学的，宗教的，道德上的，无所不有。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

To use some philosophical jargon, the nature of identity seems like it should depend only on intrinsic facts about me or perhaps relational facts about the relations between my stages.

用哲学术语来说，身份的本质似乎应该只取决于关于我的内在事实,或是关于我在两个时期关系的事实。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

I think film mostly through the entertaining value and I know there is more to its essence I've never taking film class, so I hope the films might be interesting for us to discuss some philosophical concepts Never thought about like that.

我主要看到的是电影的娱乐价值,我也知道电影还有很多其他价值,我从没上过电影课,我希望这门课会很有趣,可以讨论一些哲学概念,我从没思考过这类问题。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

For whatever perverse reasons, maybe to make some sort of philosophical point, that person decides to come in anyway on Tuesday and lecture to you about philosophy.

由于某种不当原因，或者是在某种哲学时刻，那人决定星期二走进教室,给你们上哲学课。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So for next week, I ask you read the first 50 pages and I think they are the reading never get to be much... The second book which was published only in May of this year, Three Philosophical Filmmakers is longer so some of those chapters are a little longer.

所以下周，我要求你们读完前50页,我觉得这些阅读任务,并不太长。,第二本,在今年5月左右出版的书，叫《三个电影哲学家》,所以一些章节会有点长。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选