In the case of Leviathan, I would suggest to you, Hobbes' central question is, ? what makes authority possible?

至于《利维坦》，我要向你们说明，霍布斯的中心问题是，是什么使得权力成为可能？

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The price of paper fell and created opportunity for record-keeping, which was very important because that's what finance is built-- you need financial records.

纸价下跌,从而使得纸质记录成为了可能，这点至关重要,因为这是金融立身之本-,人们需要财务记录。

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Well, presumably because whatever cognitive structures it takes in your brain to underwrite the ability to P-function, those cognitive structures have been broken, so they no longer work.

大概是因为,无论你大脑中的什么认知结构,使得人格功能性成为可能，这种认知结构都被破坏了，它们不再继续工作。

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Maybe the question is, ? what makes legitimate authority possible?

或许这个问题是，是什么使得合法的权力成为可能？

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