But the complaint then, or the objection to the physicalist, takes the form that we couldn't be a merely physical entity because no merely physical entity could have free will.

但人们对此的诟病，或物理主义的反驳者认为，人不可能仅仅是一个物理实体，因为物理实体不可能有自由意志。

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Gally and Susanna present two ends of lifestyle and, especially love style, one is materialized, and the other is "a presence in your mind as well as a physical entity".

佳莉与苏珊娜代表了两种类型的生活方式尤其是爱情方式，一种停留在纯物质层面，一种达到灵肉合一的境界。

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Mendelian gene is not a real physical entity but an abstraction or symbol.

孟德尔式的基因并不是真正的实体，而是抽象概念或者是说明性的符号。

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But the complaint then, or the objection to the physicalist, takes the form that we couldn't be a merely physical entity because no merely physical entity could have free will.

但人们对此的诟病,或物理主义的反驳者认为,人不可能仅仅是一个物理实体,因为物理实体不可能有自由意志

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Doesn't it follow that a soul, an immaterial entity, can't be destroyed by a material, physical process?

而灵魂这种,无形的实体,是否会遵循这个规律被物质,也就是物理过程摧毁呢

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Money is becoming much more of a concept than a physical entity, and most ordinary mortals haven't really noticed the switch.

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The Supreme Court, in their Quill Corp decision, wrote that the state government could not impose a use tax on an entity that did not have a physical presence in the state.

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Lippman wrote that the world has changed dramatically over the past two decades, where an entity can have a profound impact elsewhere through the Internet, and the physical presence test may now be outdated.

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