And it gives us an very nice analogy of somebody whose, you know, a coat which could outlast the owner, but it isn't immortal.

他给了我们一个很好的类比,某人的大衣可以,比它的主人存在更久，但它并不是不朽的。

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Since what we want to know is whether the soul is immortal, how do we know it can't break.

既然我们想知道,灵魂是否不朽，我们怎么知道它会不会破裂呢。

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We can't know anything certain about the eternal and the immortal world of Paradise Lost except through these faculties we have and those are uncertain, imperfect, fallen human capacities of reading.

我们无法了解任何确切的,有关中的永恒不灭的世界的认识,除非那些借助于已有的不确切不完美的阅读技巧。

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