But they tried to do that only when they needed to do so to keep their absolute control.

不过他们只有需要保持绝对权力时,才会这么做。

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But the point that he admits is all, in a sense, that Socrates needs; justice is not power alone, justice requires knowledge.

但他所承认的观点，就某种意义来说，即是苏格拉底想听到的;,正义并非仅是权力，正义需要知识。

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But along with this conceptual framework, provided by none other than Thomas Hobbs in England, who had lived through the English Civil War and thought that you shouldn't mess around with this rights business, you need some sort of big powerful monarch there-- but there was a sense inherent in all of this.

但与之同存的另一种观点,是英国最具代表性的托马斯·霍布斯提出的,他经历过英国内战,且认为君主不该滥用手中权力,你需要的是一个有权利的君主,但这其中有一些内在的概念

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