And it follows from this, Hobbes believes, that the sovereign has the right to decide what opinions, what books, what ideas are conducive to peace and which ones aim simply to stir up war and discontent?

正如前文所说，霍布斯坚信，君主有权决定哪些言论,哪些书籍和哪些主张,是有益于社会和平,哪些是可能挑起冲突和战争的？

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But he also obviously writes that we are beings with will and purpose who are uniquely guided by opinions, ideas, and doctrines and it is in many ways the first business of the sovereign to act as a moral reformer of ideas.

但他同时也写道,我们是有意志和目标的生物,是唯一由言论，思想和各种学说，所引导的物种,而这正是给君主作为思想道德改造者,的存在提供了可能性。

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