托馬斯·霍布斯
英國政治家、哲學(xué)家
The value or worth of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power.
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
沒有藝術(shù)；沒有文學(xué)；沒有社會；最糟糕的是，持續(xù)不斷的恐懼和暴力死亡的威脅；人的生活孤獨(dú)、貧困、骯臟、野蠻而短暫。
Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.
The value or worth of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power.
The power of the mighty hath no foundation but in the opinion and belief of the people.
強(qiáng)者的權(quán)力除了建立在人民的意見和信仰之上外，別無基礎(chǔ)。
Fear of things invisible is the natural seed of that which every one in himself calleth religion.
對不可見事物的恐懼是每個(gè)人內(nèi)心稱之為宗教的自然種子。
The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.
Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools.
The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.
The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
生命是骯臟的、野蠻的和短暫的。
The power of a man, is his present means, to obtain some future apparent good.
The value of all things contracted for, is measured by the appetite of the contractors.
所有契約的價(jià)值，都是由契約者的欲望來衡量的。
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