雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第3章:思考什麼是思考(27)
He had found another source of support in the Idealist philosopher McTaggert, and added ideas about reincarnation.
艾倫從理想主義哲學家麥克塔伽那裏，找到了另一個證據，並且引入了關於輪迴的思考。
But he had in no way advanced upon or even clarified Eddington's view, having ignored the difficulties which Eddington had pointed out in discussing the action of the 'will'.
但是他沒有推進，也沒有證明愛丁頓的觀點，他迴避了愛丁頓指出的，在討論意識的行爲時存在的一些困難。
Instead, he had taken a slightly different direction, one fascinated with the idea of the body amplifying the action of the will, and more generally concerned with the nature of the connection between mind and body in life and death.
他換了一個角度，討論身體是如何將意識實施出來的，以及對活人或死人來說，身體與靈魂之間的本質關係。
These ideas did, in fact, show the shape of things to come, though in 1932 there was little outward evidence of future development.
這些觀點，實際上隱隱浮現了未來，儘管在1932年，人們幾乎還看不到未來。
In June he had found himself placed in the second class in the Part I of the Tripos.
6月，艾倫得知自己在劍橋的第一部分學位考試中，成績是二等。
I can hardly look anyone in the face after it. I won't try to offer an explanation, I shall just have to get a 1st in Mays* to shew I'm not really so bad as that,' he wrote to Mrs Morcom.
在這之後，我無顏見人，我不想解釋，我只想在下次考試中得到一等，向大家證明我並不是真的那麼差，這是他寫給默卡夫人的信中說的。
But more significant, in reality, was the fact that he had ordered as his last prize from Sherborne a book that promised a serious account of the interpretation of quantum mechanics.
但事實上，這時更重要的事情是，他收到了上次在舍爾伯尼獲獎的獎品，這是一本正式的講解量子理論的書。
