...face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the...of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. In the remainder of this chapter, I will look at Hobbes's account of how human beings may hope to escape...

...face of the Earth; no account of Time; no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; And the...of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. (Hobbes, pp. 185, 186) This is, of course, among the most famous passages in the history of political...

...which is called war, and such a war as is of every man against every man In such condition there is ... continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."11 Not even the most thorough, rigorous, and truthful interpretation of the Sixth Commandment,...

...face of the Earth; no account of Time; no Arts; no Letters; no Society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; And the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.6 What to do? A thought would be to mutually agree to be peaceable instead of using our powers...

...(I.xiii.8-9). In this "state of nature" before the imposition of laws by a sovereign power, there is only "continual fear and danger of violent death, and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short".7 Moreover, Hobbes does not see human nature as essentially rational with a definite purpose...