In this, his most famous book, Hobbes argues that people are fundamentally selfish and aggressive and will only curtail their natural nastiness out of fear of a powerful leader.

• 为了冲淡一下自己的这种悲观的世界观，他又接着说，统治者应该是大家公认的应该掌权的人，而不仅仅是拳头最大的那个。