The author of a famous treatise on the origin of the state characterized existence in the "state of nature" as________________?
Correct answer: C. "solitary poor nasty brutish and short"
- A. similar to an earthly paradise
- B. among "noble savages"
- C. "solitary poor nasty brutish and short"
- D. a pre-Christian utopia
Explanation
Thomas Hobbes described the state of nature as a condition of insecurity in which life was “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” The phrase rejects the idea that pre-state society was peaceful or utopian.
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