This is because he believes that the soul exists, will continue to exist after the death of the body, and the soul is immortal.

这是因为他认为灵魂是存在的，在肉体死后仍会继续存在，而且灵魂是不朽的。

youdao

Now, no death, that of the body as late as possible, that of the soul never, — this is what we desire.

因此，不要死亡，躯体的死亡越迟越好，灵魂永不要死亡，这便是我们的愿望。

youdao

This just brings us back to the thought that whether or not I could still exist after the death of my body looks like it should depend on what I am.

这会将我们带回到无论是否我能在身体死后依然存在这个应该取决与我是什么的思考上。

youdao

Well, if normally there's this super tight connection between my soul and my body, death might be the severing of that connection.

如果我的灵魂和肉体之间,有着超紧密的联系,那么死亡就是这种联系的终结

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Notice that if you accept this account of what the body view should say about when death is, my death is when I cease to be alive.

注意如果你接受肉体理论,肉体理论认为死亡就是，我的死亡就是我停止生存的时候。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Because what we were just stipulating we mean when we talk about my death in the context of this question is the death of my body. No harm done.

因为我们刚刚明确指出,在这里所说的死亡,指的是肉体的死亡

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This, she surmised, was what death meant to them: the shedding of the unlamented body and the release of the spirit to a higher, better life.

ECONOMIST: Obituary