How do we put ourselves in touch with the text which may after all in a variety of ways be remote from us?

文本在各种方面距离我们如此遥远,如何与之发生联系？

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All the goods of civilization, Hobbes tells us, stem from our ability to control pride.

霍布斯告诉我们说，文明之所以文明，源自于我们对追求荣誉之心的克制。

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It is important to also study ourselves, because when we see our deep nature, what we encounter there is part of the universal nature, the similarities among us all, regardless of where we are from.

研究我们自己也很重要，因为当我们看到自己的深层本性时，我们看到的是部分普遍的本性，我们所有人之间的共性，不管我们来自哪里。

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And where will people come from that, if they all follow the psychology of fear and ? self-interest that Hobbes wants to instill in us?

如果都按霍布斯灌输给我们的那样想，时刻保持着恐惧和利己的心态,那又从哪招募那些消防员，警察和军人呢？

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