Theory is important and it's important to know what you believe," in other words, what the basis of all other possible theory is.
理论很重要,了解自己相信什么也很重要“,也就是说,其它可能理论的基础是。
And it certainly looks as though if you don't believe in souls, you have to accept the body theory of personal identity.
而且很明显,如果你不信灵魂论,你就只能接受,人格同一性的肉体论了。
Thomas Hobbes was the author of the first and, I believe, undoubtedly the greatest, work of political theory written in the English language.
托马斯·霍布斯是第一部,我相信,毫无疑问也是最伟大的一部,用英语写成的,政治学著作的作者。
I have to believe that whoever came up with that theory for the first time was aided in coming to it by thinking about the end of the Roman Empire, when something precisely like that did happen.
我想任何人第一次接触该理论,都会自动联想到罗马帝国的衰亡,进而支持该理论,因为类似的事情确实曾经发生过
Since I believe in the body theory,the good news is, you will exist after your death.
因为我相信身体理论,好消息就是,你死后依然生存着。
Well--since I myself don't believe in souls, it's hard to surprise you to learn that I don't think the soul theory of personal identity is right.
因为我本身不相信灵魂的存在,所以你们肯定能想到,我认为人格同一性的灵魂论,不是正确的。
In which case,what you're discovering is you don't really believe the personality theory.
不管如何,其实是你不相信人格理论。
Even if you believe in souls, you can accept the body theory.
如果你相信灵魂论,你也可以同时接受肉体论。
I think probably we shouldn't believe the theory of belief which says that in order to believe in something, you've got to be able to picture it or believe it.
我觉得我们不能相信下面这种理论,如果要相信一件事情,这件事情必须能够被想象出来。
According to the soul-theory argument for soul, rather,according to the argument for souls, you needed to believe in souls in order to explain how you could have a person.
根据灵魂理论的说法,或宁可说是灵魂作用的说法,人需要相信灵魂的存在才能解释作为人的存在。
Now,if the Michigan guy hadn't been there, what I would have done, if I believed in the personality theory or when I believe in the personality theory, is say Oh look,Napoleon--reincarnated in New York.
如果密西根家伙不曾出现在那里,那么我就会,假如我相信人格理论的话,我便会说,看,拿破仑在纽约转生了。
Suppose you believe in the personality theory.
假设你信仰人格理论。
Just like follow the soul was the answer if we believed in the soul theory of personal identity, if we believe in the brain version of the body theory of personal identity, saying personal or not, follow the brain.
就好像,如果我们相信,人格同一性的灵魂论,那么灵魂就是关键,如果我们相信人格同一性的,肉体论的这个版本,只要根据大脑判断就行。
Of course,these are also theological matters, and so I'm not trying to say anything here today to argue you out of the theological conviction that God will resurrect the body or God will transplant your personality into some new angel body, but if you believe in the personality theory, that will be you,or what have you.
当然,这些也是神学上的问题,我今天不会和你争辩,上帝能复活肉体或者将人格移植,进入新的某个天使的肉体,但如果你相信人格理论,那还是将成为你。
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