PHIL 1200 Lecture 56: Lecture 56
15 May 2017
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As a result of these characteristics, there is a constant competition (due to equality of need and lack of resources) where nobody can prevail and establish some (suitable) order (due to the equality of human power). So, we are at a constant state of (cid:498)warre, of every man against every man. (cid:499) In hobbes" words, it is a condition that is (cid:498)solitary, poore, nasty, brutish and short. (cid:499) In other words, the state of nature is a terrible condition for mankind as a. So, what should people in the state of nature do? whole and each person individually. This is what we instinctively desire, due to: fear of death, desire for a commodious living, hope to obtain such a living through our industry. Nature, despite creating us in such a miserable state, has provided us with some means of escaping the state of nature. So, the escape comes through the laws of nature.
