And the person's just going to say, "My god! That wouldn't be alive!"

于是就有人说,上帝,那不可能是个活物

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In terms of what mattered to me, what I wanted was not just that I exist, but that I be alive,indeed be a person, indeed be a person with pretty much the same personality.

说到对我来说重要的事情，我不仅仅希望存在，而是希望存活，作为人活着，带着我原有的人格活着。

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Well,at first glance,you might think the answer is, look,you exist,you're alive,whatever it is--; as I said,I'm just going to be loose now, I'm going to put aside all the careful distinctions I just drew-- I'm still around as long as my body is P-functioning.

一开始，你可能会觉得答案是这样，你存在就是存活，无论;,我现在稍微放松一点规定，我要把刚才提出的区别放在一边-,只要我的身体还有人格功能我就是活着的。

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