Actually, let me start by saying I'm going to distinguish two broad families of characteristics we might appeal to.

我首先来,区分一下两个不同种类的特征,我们也许会用到它们

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In broad scope, the first half of the class is going to be metaphysics, for those of you who are familiar with the philosophical piece of jargon.

广泛上讲，这门课程的前半部分，对于你们中熟悉哲学术语的人来说,将会是形而上学。

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