In his political works, Thomas Hobbes proliferates arguments and overdetermines his conclusions. This article hypothesizes that at least some of this overdetermination was intentional. It was part of a “convergent strategy” meant to appeal to a broad, diverse, and unknown audience. The article draws on Leviathan to offer evidence for this hypothesis.

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霍布斯的融合战略

托马斯·霍布斯（Thomas Hobbes）在其政治著作中激起了争论，并高估了他的结论。本文假设，这种过度确定中至少有一部分是故意的。它是旨在吸引广泛，多样化和未知受众的“融合策略”的一部分。本文利用Leviathan为这一假设提供了证据。