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The host discussed Hobbes's views on the state of nature, characterizing it as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short," and his belief that a strong government is necessary to maintain order.
Thomas Hobbes, guy we've talked about before, he thought that it would be a constant state of war. Remember, he called the state of nature solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
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Episode: Episode #045 ... Rousseau Government pt. 1
The host discussed Hobbes's views on the state of nature, characterizing it as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short," and his belief that a strong government is necessary to maintain order.
Thomas Hobbes, guy we've talked about before, he thought that it would be a constant state of war. Remember, he called the state of nature solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
That was life in the state of nature to Thomas Hobbes.
nobody truly wants to live in that chaotic world that Thomas Hobbes lays out in his social contract, the state of nature.