The number three is eternal, as well as being non-physical.

数字"三"是永恒的,同时也是非现实的

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We are able to talk about the fact that two plus one equals three, but it's not as though we ever come across numbers-- number three itself--anywhere in the empirical world.

我们可与去探讨,二加一等于三的这个事实,但是我们不可能有一天真的碰到数字,在现实世界中碰到个叫"数字三"的东西

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