He is appointed or authorized to secure for the people the, in many ways, limited ends of peace and security.

他是由人民任命并授权,让他行使权力保卫人民的安全，保卫来之不易的和平。

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The Hobbesian state was intended to secure the conditions of life, even a highly civilized and cultivated life but one calculated in terms of self-interest and risk avoidance.

霍布斯眼中的国家旨在,保护人民的生命财产安全,即使是那些虽开化有教养却是为一己私利的人,也应当受到国家的保护。

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He taught the priority of rights over duties and he argued that the sovereign should serve the lowly interest or the lowly ends of providing peace and security, leaving it to individuals to determine for themselves how best to live their lives.

他主张权力应优先于义务,主张君主应当,尽最大可能缔造和平,以保证人民的安全，主张让给人民自由,让他们决定自己的生活方式。

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