They were afraid he was going to set himself as dictator, which of course he did.

他们担心他自立为独裁官，当然他后来也是这么做了。

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Hobbes set himself up as the great anti-Aristotle, the great opposition to Aristotle.

霍布斯认为自己是杰出的“反亚里士多德“者，是对亚里士多德伟大的颠覆。

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But faced with the question what should he do, what did he want to do with his remaining couple of years, what he decided he wanted to do -- was finish his Yale degree-- thought he'd set himself the goal of graduating college before he died.

但面对着他该做什么这个问题，在他剩余的几年生命里他想要做的事，他所决定的他想要做的事,是完成他的耶鲁学位-,认为他想给自己设定在死之前,从大学毕业的目标。

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