That remains not only the fundamental question for Hobbes, but for the entire, at least for the entire social contract tradition that he helped to establish.

这已不仅仅停留在,霍布斯的基本问题上，从整体来说，至少是从霍布斯帮助建立的,整个社会契约的传统上。

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So covenant in Israel becomes the basis of social ethics.

所以在以色列，契约成为最基本的社会道德规范。

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Once we enter society, once we engage or conclude the social compact, we transfer our power to do this to the sovereign to determine these matters for us.

一旦我们进入到社会,参与到缔结的社会契约中，我们就已经把这些权力让渡给了国家,由国家来替我们决定这些事物。

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Right. You didn't sign the social contract. I didn't sign it.

对，你并没有签社会契约，我也没有。

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Or, if you don't believe Spinoza, if you don't believe his authority is sufficient, consider someone who you'll be reading in a couple of weeks, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from the Social Contract.

或者，假如你不相信斯宾诺莎，假如你不信,他的权威性，那么想一想几星期之后,你们将要读到的一个人，让·雅克·卢梭，在《社会契约论》中。

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