Let me mention, I've emphasized in many ways the absolutist and authoritarian side of Hobbes' teaching.

所以我曾多次强调过,霍布斯在他的政治主张中,具有专制独裁的一面。

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But Hobbes' teaching about law is, in some ways, less Draconian than it might first appear.

但一定程度上讲，霍布斯关于法律的学说，比早期的法律要宽容得多。

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And I think this is expressed in Hobbes' novel and in many ways altogether unprecedented teaching about liberty in chapter 21, a very famous and important chapter.

霍布斯的这一思想曾出现在他的小说中,以及本书第21章记载的,他在教学时对自由的见解中，本书第21章可是很有名且很重要的一章。

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This seems to be, in many ways, the essence of his teaching.

从很多层面看来，这看似他讲学的精义所在。

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