托馬斯·霍布斯
英國(guó)政治家、哲學(xué)家
The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
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.
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.
The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions.
每一個(gè)犯罪的根源，都是理解上的某種缺陷；或推理中的某種錯(cuò)誤；或激情的某種突然力量。
The passion to be reckoned upon is fear.
可以依賴的激情是恐懼。
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.
一個(gè)人的價(jià)值或價(jià)值，就像所有其他事物一樣，是他的價(jià)格；也就是說(shuō)，為了使用他的力量而愿意付出的代價(jià)。
The power of a man, to take it universally, is his present means, to obtain some future apparent good.
普遍來(lái)說(shuō)，一個(gè)人的力量是他目前的手段，用來(lái)獲得某些未來(lái)的明顯好處。
Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools.
言語(yǔ)是智者的籌碼，他們只是用它們來(lái)計(jì)算；但它們是愚人的金錢(qián)。
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.
自然權(quán)利...是每個(gè)人按照自己的意愿，為了保全自己的本性，即自己的生命，而使用自己的力量的自由。
In the state of nature, profit is the measure of right.
在自然狀態(tài)下，利益是權(quán)利的尺度。