De Homine, about man, and finally De Cive, about society.

关于人的《论人》和关于社会的《论公民》
I see this as formidable

这些都是非凡的著作
and something which appeals a great deal to social scientists today.

而且到今天仍吸引着大量的社会科学家
To try to develop a theory of society which begins actually

霍布斯试图建立这样一种社会理论
with biology, with biological processes,

它以生物学和生物进程为前提
and build it up gradually from biology to understanding

从生物学中逐步建立起
of the social, of the individual,

对社会和个人本性的理解
and from the individual to understand society.

并通过个人来理解社会
That's highly controversial.

这是极具争议的理论
There are many social scientists who reject it.

许多社会科学家都表示反对
But today there are many social scientists

但许多当今的社会科学家
who are greatly attracted to this,

都对他的理论有着极大的兴趣