In Victorian times, London alone could fulfill this function. (the city funded enterprises all over the world, including much of the industrial development of the U.S. after the Civil War.)
That is to say, when the rules governing authority have broken down in times of crisis, and that was certainly true in Hobbes' time, a time of civil war and crisis.
这就是说，当统治权力,在危机下崩溃时，这恰好就是霍布斯时代的情况，充满内战和危机的时代。
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Yu said: “As a civil servant, I have to keep a smile on my face at all times.”