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Thomas Hobbe's state of nature refers to?

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The state of nature that was feared by Thomas Hobbes, would be the "war of all against all," and life for Hobbes seemed "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short." Under these conditions a strong state was needed to protect people from other people. (Mitchell, Roots of Wisdom)

It refers to the time in history when man will live without governments and laws.

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