来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础第2集第2集》

And the American Constitution does not come from Hobbes,

《美国宪法》的理论基础并不来自于霍布斯
but it comes from Locke,

而是来自于洛克等人
and particularly from Montesquieu.

尤其是孟德斯鸠
Montesquieu is the one which defined that checks and balances

孟德斯鸠明确了权力的监督和制衡
which entered the American Constitution.

这最终进入了《美国宪法》
Well he was an apologetical theorist of an enlightened

霍布斯是一个开明专制主义的拥护者
absolutism--not any absolutism, right?

并不是支持所有的专制主义
He was against real monsters,

正如我前面所说
as I already demonstrated it.

他反对社会中真正可怕的东西
As a result, he was not acceptable to the

他并没有被当时的统治者所接受
monarchs because he put too much limitations on their powers;

因为他限制了他们太多的权力
but he was not acceptable to the emergent bourgeois class

但他也因为赋予了君王太多权力