Hobbes wrote, "I am at the point of believing that my labors will be " as useless as the commonwealth of Plato."

贺伯斯写到，“我在此要相信,我的努力将如同,柏拉图的国家一样不具实用“

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Strong enough to interfere with the ambitions of emperors and kings, it never was able to impose its own domination, though some of the Popes surely tried.

也无法与君主帝王的,雄心壮志相抗衡,宗教是无法统治一个国家的,一些教皇的努力也以失败告终

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It means we really haven't done anything-- that's an exaggeration-- we've done very little to manage risks that individuals or that countries face, for that matter, or even individuals face.

这意味着我们面对冲击无动于衷-,这有点夸张-,我们只做了很少努力,来管理个人，或国家面临的风险。

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