We should approach the book, in other words, not as we might a treatise, but as we might approach a work of literature or drama.

我们切入本书的角度，换句话来说，不应视其为论述，而是要将其视为,一部文学或戏剧作品。

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That approach pretty clearly isn't going to work for souls, because a soul--and again, we've got in mind this metaphysical view, according to which it's something immaterial-- isn't something we see.

但这种方法显然不能用来证明灵魂的存在,因为灵魂,我再一次说明,从这种形而上学的角度来看,灵魂是非物质实体,我们看不到它

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