Should we conclude,therefore, that the key to the important question--namely, What matters? the answer to that question, should we conclude,is,same personality?

我们是否就该得出结论，重要问题的关键，也就是什么是最重要的，这问题的答案就是相同的人格吗？

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What I'm considering right now is the question whether sameness of soul is the key to being the same person.

我现在考虑的问题是,同样的灵魂,是否就是成为同一个人的关键。

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Last time we turned to the question of what the metaphysical key to personal identity might be.

上次我们谈到,对于人格同一性的概念而言,形而上学的关键是什么。

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If we could get clear about what the answer to that metaphysical question the key to personal identity we'd at least know what we needed to find out to answer the question: ? Is this one person or two?

如果我们能知道,那个形而上问题的答案,对于人格同一性的关键,至少我们会知道,我们要知道什么来得出答案：,是同一个人还是两个人？

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