According to Hobbes, life in the state of nature was __________.
A) better than life in his own time
B) free and noble
C) poor, solitary, nasty, brutish, and short
D) difficult but honest

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Hobbes famously described life in the state of nature as "poor, solitary, nasty, brutish, and short." He argued that in a state of nature, humans would constantly be at war with each other, and life would be characterized by violence, fear, and instability.

According to Hobbes, Life in the State of Nature Was