There was a theoretical conceptual framework for having a king or queen having absolute powers.

这个学说是］国王和女王,拥有绝对权力的理论框架

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But along with this conceptual framework, provided by none other than Thomas Hobbs in England, who had lived through the English Civil War and thought that you shouldn't mess around with this rights business, you need some sort of big powerful monarch there-- but there was a sense inherent in all of this.

但与之同存的另一种观点,是英国最具代表性的托马斯·霍布斯提出的,他经历过英国内战,且认为君主不该滥用手中权力,你需要的是一个有权利的君主,但这其中有一些内在的概念

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