This is the natural condition, the state of nature, the state of war that Hobbes attributes to, again, the fundamental fact of human nature.

这是自然的状态，霍布斯把战争状态归因于，人类的基本天性。

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Socrates clearly believes that piety or faith is the natural condition of the citizen.

苏格拉底显然相信虔诚或信仰,是公民的自然条件。

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And it is only the creation of the sovereign for Hobbes, endowed or possessed with absolute power, that is sufficient to put an end to the condition of perpetual uncertainty, anxiety and unrest that is the case of the natural condition.

对霍布斯而言,只有给君主，赋予绝对的权力，人们才足以结束,对这漫长的未知的恐惧，和对不安生活状态的疑虑,这才是现有条件下我们该做的。

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