Hobbes' state of nature is a state without any uniform government. It is a state in continual war because of the chaos that ensues without rules and consequences.

In response to the natural question whether humanity ever was generally in any such state of nature, Hobbes gives three examples of putative states of nature.

Hobbes’ State of Nature Many people live their life with a firm belief in their own morality and righteousness. ... Thomas Hobbes explores this idea in the book Leviathan. ... View Full Text

Summary: A short compare and contrast for my political philosophy class. ... Hobbes most famous saying about the state of nature was, “Life is brutish, short and harsh, in the state of nature.”

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Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679). Of Man, Being the First Part of Leviathan. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. ... NATURE hath made men so equal in the faculties of the body and mind, as that,

Hobbes’ ‘state of nature’ is destructive. Each person is constantly competing with another for resources which are in limited supply but each individual has the right to access them.

Thomas Hobbes: Science, Politics, and the State of Nature ... Chapter 13 contains Hobbes' famous and crucial description of the state of nature, while chapters 14 and 15 are about the highly

Hobbes on the state of nature and the nature of the state. ... What are the most important and original features of Hobbes' state of nature, the right of nature and the law of nature?

Given these conditions in the State of Nature, Hobbes concludes that the State of Nature would be unbearably brutal.