David Hume stated that before the creation of society, in the "state of nature," where people live in a perpetual state of war against one another, life is "nasty, brutish, and short," and no rules apply except that of self-preservation.

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This description of the "state of nature" is attributed to Thomas Hobbes, not David Hume. Hobbes discussed this concept in his work "Leviathan," where he describes life in the state of nature as solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

David Hume Stated That Before the Creation of Society, in the "State