Can we altogether dispense with the idea that certain things we take pleasure in are better or worthier than others?

我们能摒弃这个观点吗,即我们某些喜好，比其它更好或更有价值？

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But the Hobbesian point, the paradox being that the Hobbesian bourgeois cannot entirely dispense with the barbarian, even in its own midst.

这就是霍布斯的悖论,他的资产阶级不可能完全免于野蛮人的挑战,甚至这挑战就来自于资产阶级的内部。

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