for short...to answer that question, we need to get clearer about: What exactly is it for something to be me?

等等这些问题,我们需要先清楚以下问题,我究竟是什么东西

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We first have to get about the more general question what is it for me to survive period.

我们首先要解决更综合的问题,我阶段性不死意味着什么。

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