The possibility of saying anything about a thing rests on the assumption that it preserves its identity, or continues to be the same thing in the respect described, that it will behave in future situations as it has in past.
关于一件事说任何话的可能性是建立在这样一个假设之上，即它保持其同一性，或在所描述的方面继续是同一件事，即它在未来的情况中将象过去一样行事。
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