自然哲学涉及到了对包括有生命体与无生命体的物质世界的全面研究。

Natural philosophy involved the study of all aspects of the material world, animate and inanimate.

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但也有一些人会祈求更高的生灵作为设计师来解释有生命的复杂世界，特别用来解释像人类的那种物种。

But others would invoke a higher being as a designer to explain the complex world of living things, especially such specimens as humans.

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我们可能是史上第一对打进世界冠军赛，却又在双方都没有生命垂危的情况下决定退出的搭档了。

We were probably the only couple ever to qualify for a world championship and withdraw without one of us dying.

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But then I ask them to think, and in the book I ask the readers to think: Well, have you given a cost of an expensive pair of shoes to save the life of one of the around 9 million children who are dying from poverty related causes each year around the world?

但是，接着我让他们思考，在书中，我让读者思考这样一个问题：,你有没有捐出过买一双鞋的钱,来拯救900万儿童中的一个生命？,他可能正因为贫困导致的种种问题,而生命垂危，每年世界上都会有这样的儿童？

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