Because what we want to know is what is like to be permanently dead, and these people were never permanently dead.

因为我们想知道的是,永久死去是什么样的,而这些人并没有永久地死去

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Now, texts from Ancient Near Eastern cultures suggest that a central function of the rituals that were performed in sanctuaries was to secure the perpetual aid and blessing of a well-disposed deity.

古近东文化的课文中提出,在圣所里进行的仪式的一个主要功能,是保证能够向神灵获得永久地帮助和祝福。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So the proposal that death is a matter of permanent cessation of P-functioning versus temporary, that doesn't seem like it's going to do the trick.

所以说死亡只永久地,停止人格功能性的这个说法，也不是正确的。

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We call them consols because, in the early 1700s, the British Government issued what they called consols or consolidated debt of the British Crown that paid a certain amount of pound sterling every six months forever.

我们称之为公债是因为早在十八世纪初,英国政府规定他们称之为英国皇家,统合公债或者联合公债,要求永久性地,每六个月支付一定数量的英镑

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Immanuel Kant described very well the problem with skepticism when he wrote "Skepticism is a resting place for human reason, where it can reflect upon its dogmatic wanderings, but it is no dwelling place for permanent settlement."

康德曾很贴切地描述了怀疑论的不足,他写道，怀疑论是人类理性暂时休憩的场所，是理性自省，以伺将来做出正确抉择的地方，但绝非理性的永久定居地“

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Right? "It's true that, of course, I didn't move to France permanently.

不是吗,的确如此,我没有永久地搬到法国

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And somebody says, "You know, you never really moved to France permanently.

别人就会说,你也清楚,你从没有永久地搬到法国

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So your experiences in France, whatever they are-- interesting as they may be-- can't really cast any light on what it would be like to permanently move to France.

所以你在法国的经验,不管怎么样,即使很有趣,那也不能让人了解,永久地搬到法国是什么样的

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Or strictly speaking they didn't die, certainly at least, permanently.

或者严格说来 至少他们没有,永久地死去

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Or, if you want, you could say maybe they died, but since they obviously didn't die permanently-- after all they were brought back to life-- how could they possibly tell us what it's like to be permanently dead?

或者,如果你想的话,你可以说或许他们死过,但既然他们没有永久地死去,毕竟他们被救活了,那么他们怎么可能告诉我们,永久死亡是什么样子的呢

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选