It is fear, not reason, that leads us to abandon the state of nature and sue for peace.

与理性不同，恐惧让我们放弃自然状态,转而去寻求和平。

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Maybe we can say, we could say or Hobbes could say, that laying down our right to do all things in seeking peace with others is the rational thing to do in the condition of nature.

我们可以说，或者霍布斯可以说，放弃我们和别人,一起寻求和平的权利,在自然状态下是一个理性的举动。

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Not only should one seek peace but we have an obligation, he says, to lay down our arms, to lay down our right to all things on the condition that others around us are prepared to do so as well.

我们不仅是应该寻求和平,还有义务来放下自己的武器，在周围的人准备同样作的情况之下,放弃我们对一切事物的权利。

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