Hobbes, like Machiavelli, was an innovator, and he was self-consciously aware of his innovations.

霍布斯，像马基雅维利一样，是改革者，他自己也清楚地意识到他的革新。

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It's as if Nabokov allows us to see the mask of literature, to actually see it there palpably doing its work, so we can become self-aware of how we respond.

就好像Naboko让我们看到了文学的面具，让我们看到了它的功能，所以我们对自己的回应有感知了。

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