But for Hobbes, we enter into society not in order to fulfill or perfect our rational nature, but rather to avoid the greatest evil, namely death or fear of death, at the hands of others.

但是霍布斯认为，我们进入社会,不是为了实现或完善我们理智的本性，倒不如说是为了避免巨大的罪恶而已，也就是死亡或对死亡的恐惧，掌握在别人手里。

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one important argument was,or really family of arguments was, you need to believe in souls in order to explain why bodies are animated, why people are rational,how they can have personalities, how they can be creative,and so forth.

一个或一系列很重要的说法就是，要相信灵魂的存在才能解释身体的活动，为什么人会有理性和人格，为什么有创造力，诸如此类。

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