All laws are by definition just, he tells us, but it doesn't follow that all laws are by definition good.

所有的法律均是以公平和正义为界定的，但人们并不以此为据,而是以这部法律是“好“还是“不好“为界定。

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For all of his tough talk, Hobbes takes justice and the rule of law very seriously, far more seriously than, for example, does Machiavelli.

在他那些强硬的措辞中可看出,霍布斯对正义和法律的态度，始终是极为严谨的，比马基雅维利的态度要严谨得多。

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These are ideas about laws and justice that have simply not flourished outside the Western tradition until places that were outside the Western tradition were influenced by the West.

这些关于法律和正义的思想,却完全没有传播到非西方传统的地方,直到受西方传统影响以外的地方,受到西方影响之后

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Aristotle, and his politics, made the point neatly, and I quote him, "As a man," - I'm sorry, "As man is the best of the animals when perfected, so he is the worst when separated from law and justice.

亚里士多德和他的政治学,很巧妙地说明了这点,我引用他的话来说,"作为一个",不好意思,"人类由于至趋完善而成为最优良的动物,但一旦脱离法律和正义,他就堕落为最恶劣的动物

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