to see well this is how Thomas Hobbes looked like,

他们想知道托马斯·霍布斯的样子
and who the character was.

也想了解他的性格特点
So therefore I still will do this.

所以我仍会那样讲
I think what I will try to do is to go very fast through the

我想我能做的就是试着尽快讲完
sort of individual's life and history;

作者的生平经历
sort of to have my cake and eat it, right?

可说是鱼与熊掌兼得对吧
To give those of you who are interested in the historical context,

既满足了对历史背景感兴趣的同学
at least briefly; and those who are not particularly interested,

内容简短又不至于使不感兴趣的同学
not to bore them with it.

对此感到厌烦
But you can go back to the internet and get even more detail.

你们回去可以上网了解更多的细节
Okay, so we'll start this with Thomas Hobbes.

好了我们开始讲托马斯·霍布斯
Whether Foundations of Modern Social Thought should start with

这门课是否应该从霍布斯开始讲起