The sovereign is not the direct expression of my will or your will, but rather an abstraction from my natural desire to rule myself.

君主制不是对我的，或者你的意志的直接表达，不如说是一种抽象概念，是源于自己统治自己的自然愿望。

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But you can overcome even bad luck by using your desire and self-discipline to direct the things you can control.

但是你可以凭借自己的意志和自律做你能控制的事来战胜坏运气。

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When we understood this direct connection to metal, the idea and the desire to live in a container house appeared.

当我们考虑到用金属来作为直接的连接，一个生活在容器般的住宅灵感就出现了。

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Japan's desire to use East Asia to gain natural resources and sell manufactured products was in direct conflict with American plans for Asia.

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The sovereign is not the direct expression of my will or your will, but rather an abstraction from my natural desire to rule myself.

君主制不是对我的，或者你的意志的直接表达,不如说是一种抽象概念,是源于自己统治自己的自然愿望。

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And it is precisely this desire to be self-governing, you might say to rule directly, to have a direct part in political rule, that Hobbes saw as one of the great root causes of civil war.

正是这种自我统治的愿望，直接统治的愿望，在政治统治中直接参与的愿望，霍布斯视为是,内战一个很重要的原因。

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