霍布斯的利维坦和马基雅维利的君主论的两段英文潮汕话讲解

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“So that in the first place I put for a general inclination of all mankind a perpetual and restless desire of power after power that ceases only in death. The cause of this is not always that a man hopes for a more intensive delight than he has already attained or that he cannot be content with moderate power, but because he cannot assure the power and means to live well which he has present without the acquisition of more.’
THOMAS HOBBES,
The Essential Leviathan: A Modernised Edition

‘Is it better to be loved rather than feared, or vice versa? The answer is that one would prefer to be both but, since they don’t go together easily, if you have to choose, it’s much safer to be feared than loved… Men are less worried about letting down someone who has made himself loved than someone who makes himself feared. Love binds when someone recognises he should be grateful to you, but, since men are a sad lot, gratitude is forgotten the moment it’s inconvenient. Fear means fear of punishment, and that’s something people never forget.’
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI,
The Prince, a modern translation by Tim Parks”

摘录来自: Frank Dikötter. “How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century。” Apple Books.