Many scholars argue that Hobbes’s political ideas do not significantly develop between The Elements of Law (1640) and Leviathan (1651). This article seeks to challenge that assumption by studying the way in which Hobbes’s deployment of the vocabulary of ‘interest’ develops over the course of the 1640s. The article begins by showing that the vocabulary is newly important in Leviathan , before attempting a ‘Hobbesian definition’ of what is meant by the term. We end by looking at the impact that the vocabulary has on two key areas of Hobbes’s philosophy: his theory of counsel and his arguments in favour of monarchy as the best form of government. In both areas, Hobbes’s conception of ‘interests’ is shown to be of crucial importance in lending a new understanding of the political issue under consideration.

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霍布斯公民科学中的兴趣点

许多学者认为，霍布斯的政治思想在 The Elements of Law (1640) 和 Leviathan (1651) 之间没有显着发展。本文试图通过研究霍布斯在 1640 年代发展“兴趣”词汇的方式来挑战这一假设。本文首先展示了词汇在 Leviathan 中的新重要性，然后尝试对该术语的含义进行“霍布斯式定义”。最后，我们看看词汇对霍布斯哲学的两个关键领域的影响：他的顾问理论和他支持君主制作为最佳政府形式的论点。在这两个领域，霍布斯的“利益”概念对于对所考虑的政治问题提供新的理解至关重要。