So it might be that the whole question we've been focusing on, What does it take to survive?

也许我们一直关注的问题，存活下去的标准是什么？

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And these were the kind of questions we focused on.

所以这些就是我们关注的问题。

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But those issues won't concern us in what we're about to turn to.

但这些问题都不影响我们将要关注的东西。

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Remember our concern isn't straightly speaking with the question did the soul exist before our birth, did the soul exist before our bodies, but rather is the soul is immortal.

记住我们关注的并非是,对以下问题之前的回答,即灵魂是否先于出生而存在，灵魂是否先于身体而存在，而是灵魂是否不朽。

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But since we are only looking at enough of the problem of identity to get to the question that we really want to think about, the nature of personal identity across time, I'm not going to pursue that.

但由于我们只是,通过质的问题,来讨论,我们真正关注的问题，也就是贯穿时间的人格同一性，所以我不讨论那些。

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