And here I mean not merely, well, logically speaking, you know, of course you can reject any premise of any argument.

这里我并不只是指,从逻辑上讲,你当然可以,反驳这个论证的每一个前提

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Yet, we should also avoid the second, equally powerful temptation, which is to reject Aristotle out of hand, because his views do not correspond with our own.

另外我们还要避免第二种，同样强大的诱惑，那就是拒亚里士多德于门外，因为他的观点不见容于我们的年代。

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And if we are not willing to accept that implication, it seems as though we need to reject the soul theory of personal identity.

如果我们不愿,接受这种结论，似乎,我们就需要拒绝承认,人格同一性的灵魂论。

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