Hobbes, again, along with Machiavelli, was one of the great architects of the modern state.

霍布斯，再一次，同马基雅维利一样，是现代国家的伟大建构者。

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He transforms Russia into an European absolute monarchy with much in common with Frederick the Great, with Sweden, with Austria, the Austria of the Hapsburgs, with Spain, and with France.

他将俄国变成一个欧洲君主专制国家,同腓特烈大帝非常类似,也与瑞典,奥地利,哈布斯王朝的奥地利,西班牙 以及法国类似

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