And the reason is that even in the state of nature, there is a kind of law.

因为即使处在自然状态下，仍受某种法的约束。

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Hobbes' members of a state of nature seem to be in a classic prisoner's dilemma problem.

霍布斯自然状态的命题,看起来像一个经典的囚徒困境。

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We are free and equal in the state of nature he makes the point that there is a difference between a state of liberty and a state of license.

每个人在自然状态下都是自由而平等的,他同时指出，自由状态,和放纵状态是有区别的。

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And the fact that relations in the state of nature it's synonymous with making it a condition of war, of "all against all," in his famous formulation.

自然状态中的关系对他来说,与战争中抗一切人的状态同义，他在著名的构想中如是说。

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Machiavelli's preference for these extreme situations expresses his belief that only in moments of great crisis, where the very existence of a state is at risk, does human nature truly reveal itself.

马奇亚维利偏好,这类极端的情势,表述出他相信,仅在重大危机的当头，当一国的存亡面临考验之时，人类的本性才会真正显现出来。

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It can signify battle, but Hobbes says it can also signify the will to contend, simply the desire or the will to engage in conflict, " renders something like a state of nature.

这可以表示为斗争，但霍布斯说这同样可以表示竞争的意志，仅仅就是参与冲突的欲望或愿望，这些构成了“自然状态。

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