Well, of course, it's because he thinks, first of all, there's a soul and it will survive and it's immortal.

当然,这是因为他认为,首先,灵魂是存在的,在肉体死后仍会继续存在,而且灵魂是不朽的

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It turns into something durable that will outlast them. So, the problem with art is in a sense that it is immortal.

那么，它让事物脱离它本身而,永存，那么，艺术的问题在于它的永恒。

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And it gives us an very nice analogy of somebody whose, you know, a coat which could outlast the owner, but it isn't immortal.

他给了我们一个很好的类比,某人的大衣可以,比它的主人存在更久，但它并不是不朽的。

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He actually welcomes this in a certain way, because he believes his soul is immortal.

反而以某种方式迎接死神的降临,因为他坚信灵魂是不朽的

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So being immortal really would be a good thing for you.

所以永生绝对是件好事。

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So on balance, " being immortal is a good thing."

所以其结果是，“永生是件好事“

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If I'm right in thinking immortality would be undesirable, then the fact that we're going to die is good, because it guarantees that we won't be immortal, which would be a nightmare, an unending nightmare.

如果永生不值得期许的观点是对的，那么我们终将一死的事实是好的，因为它保证我们不得永生，那是恶梦，一场永无止尽的恶梦。

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And of course even if in many cases, the engine continues to exist for a while, after the destruction of the car, certainly it doesn't follow the engine is immortal that continues to exist forever.

当然，即使在许多情况下，发动机在汽车毁坏后，能继续存在一段时间，但当然不能得出结论说,发动机是不朽的会永远存在下去。

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Even if there is an immortal soul-- Sorry. Even if there is a non-physical soul that's part of me, we don't yet have any reason to believe that it's one of the fundamental building blocks that were being recycled.

即使灵魂是不灭的,不对,即使有个非现实的灵魂是我的一部分,我们并没有任何理由去相信,灵魂是被循环利用的,基本组成部分之一

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