We are only trying to do away with any evil in them.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Hobbes believed, on the other hand, that the overriding human fact, the overriding motivation of human behavior, is largely negative, not the desire to do good, but the desire to avoid some evil.

另一方面，霍布斯认为，人类最主要的行为，人行为的最主要的动机，在很大程度上是负面的，并不是为了做善良的事，只不过是为了避免罪恶的发生。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

You can only do that by balancing competitive desires that can be thought of as evil; faction was what they were talking about and everybody thought faction was bad, but it was inevitable.

你仅仅通过平衡那些被视为罪恶的,竞争性欲望就可以达到此目的,也就是,大家所谓的派系,每个人都认为派系是不好的,但它是必然存在的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

How do you know evil spirits are with me?

VOA: special.2011.03.12