Well,this is all what we would say as soul theorists if we think souls can split.

这就是我们认为灵魂可分裂时，作为灵魂理论者的说辞。

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What we were looking for, after all, was some reason to believe in souls.

毕竟,我们所寻求的是,相信灵魂存在的理由

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Is it a book about the power of poetry and myth, what we would call the whole domain of culture to shape souls and to shape our societies?

这是本关于诗学与神话力量的书吗，即我们所谓形塑灵魂的文化整体范畴,同时亦形塑了我们的社会？

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In particular, do we have souls, and for this class when I talk about a soul, what I'm going to mean is sort of a bit of philosophical jargon.

特别是，我们有灵魂吗，在这节课上，当我说到灵魂，我的意思是带有一些术语味道的。

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So one thing that are physicalists who do not believe in souls, one thing that physicalist could say is "What's the key of personal identity? The body. Sameness of body.

物理主义学者不相信灵魂论,当被问到,人格同一性的关键是什么时,他们会回答，相同的肉体。

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If you find this argument convincing, what it's an argument for is the claim that even if souls do exist, they may not be the key to personal identity.

如果你信服这个观点，我们要证明的是,就算灵魂真的存在，也不是人格同一性的关键。

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If that's right, if that's the right thing to say, then what we have to say is, "We don't need to appeal to souls in order to explain emotions and feelings.

如果这是正确的,如果这种说法正确,那么,我们不得不说,我们不需要诉诸灵魂来,解释情感和感觉

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For those of you who still do believe in the existence of souls I suppose you could take a great deal in discussions that follows as some form of large conditional or subjunctive if there were no souls then here's what we have to say.

如果你们有人,还是相信灵魂的存在,或者你可以从以下的讨论里,也学到一些东西,把讨论看成有条件性和假定性的,假设没有灵魂,然后就是我们要讨论的东西。

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