1. States of Nature
According to Hobbes, the state of nature is essentially the same as the state of war. Locke, however, maintained that although they share a lack of supreme power, the state of nature and the state of war are not the same. ... Hobbes describes the state of nature, in which no common power exists, as one of continuous war and violence, and of fear and death. According to Hobbes, in such a condition, "it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in a condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man."" ...
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