For us, we can start not so all the way back at Classical Greece, but with Alexander the Great, and the beginning of Hellenization; that is, the Grecization of the eastern part of the Ancient Mediterranean.

我们不必追溯到古典希腊时期，而从亚历山大大帝及希腊化初始讲起;,就是古代地中海东部地区的希腊化。

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Way back at the start of the semester when we asked,Why believe in souls?

学期一开始的时候我们研究过为何要相信灵魂的存在？

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And that certainly wasn't true way back at the start of A, as the fertilized egg first begins to split and multiply, subdivide and make organs.

显然不是在A阶段这么早就开始的，当受精的卵子开始分裂繁殖，继续分裂，形成器官。

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