Paul's letters actually became so famous and respected, and at least in some aspects of early Christianity, that they were called themselves "scripture."

保罗的书信著名而且受人重视，在早期的基督教里面，它们自诩为圣典“

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So you can see in that passage Hobbes takes himself to be a moralist writing within the great tradition of moral philosophy.

所以在这一段中你可以看出,霍布斯自诩为道德学家,作品不超出道德思想伟大传统的范围。

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