So the problem of existence through time,or persistence through time, shouldn't be called the problem of personal identity,but just the problem of identity.

所以积年累月下来存在的问题，就不该叫做个人认同感的问题，而仅是认同感的问题。

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What gives it its identity and ? enduring existence over time?

什么赋予它身分,且历经时间的考验？

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I've gone through a series of such arguments, and the one that we ended with last time was the suggestion that we need to believe in the existence of a soul in order to explain the fact that we've got free will.

我已经讲过一系列这样的论证,上次课结束时我提到的一个论证认为,我们只有相信灵魂存在,才能解释我们拥有自由意志这一事实

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