I placed my own seat upon the very place under which lay the body of the victim.

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In the first place, what I want to impress upon you is that the sovereign is for Hobbes less a person than it is or he is an office.

首先，我要让你们明白，霍布斯所论及的君主,不只是一个拥有公职权力的人,更不是一个普通单纯的个人。

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Immanuel Kant described very well the problem with skepticism when he wrote "Skepticism is a resting place for human reason, where it can reflect upon its dogmatic wanderings, but it is no dwelling place for permanent settlement."

康德曾很贴切地描述了怀疑论的不足,他写道，怀疑论是人类理性暂时休憩的场所，是理性自省，以伺将来做出正确抉择的地方，但绝非理性的永久定居地“

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