Some say all this is cultural and there is nothing anybody can do about it.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

Yeah, but I suppose there is nothing much there is anything we can do about it right now?

是的，我想对于这件事我们能做的很有限？

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Far from it. It's not about saying, "Well I'm depressed. There's nothing I can do about it.

远远不是那样，不是说，“我很抑郁，这是毫无办法的事。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

And again, I'm not gonna go on and on about this point, it worth noticing that even if you do believe that soul exist, nothing stops you from accepting the body theory of personal identity.

重申一下，我不想一直,讨论这个问题，我们得明白,即使你相信灵魂的存在，你也可以同时接受,人格同一性的肉体存在论。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Among the things Socrates says he cares deeply about is his calling, as he puts it, to do nothing but persuade you both younger and older not to care for your bodies and money but how your soul will be in the best possible condition.

苏格拉底的言论中,最让他关心的是他的呼唤，他一心只想说服你们,无论老幼都不要在乎,肉身及金钱,而要关注你的灵魂,是否处于最佳状态。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

On the one hand, you can imagine somebody who says, " "Look, it's bad enough that I'm going to die, " but the fact that " there's nothing I could do about it just makes it worse.

一方面，可以想象有些人会说，“我会死去这已经够糟糕了，“但是对此我无可奈何,“却让它变得更糟糕。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选