The Frenchman never did hit the motherlode, but instead discovered one of Death Valley’s greatest treasures, serenity.

这位法国人从未真正触及矿脉，而是发现了死亡谷最宝贵的财富之一——宁静。

Which brings us back to that biggest motherlode question of them all: Who, or what, is the self?

这让我们回到了他们所有人中最大的母体问题：谁，或者什么， 自我？