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	Hobbes view on the State of Nature
	Hobbes’ infamous quote from Leviathan is an indication of how negative he is about a place where there is no State: "In [the state of nature] there is "continuall feare, and danger of violent death; And the life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short." For Hobbes, human beings seek felicity ("success in achieving the objects of desire" - Leviathan). ... We, says Hobbes, "have a restlesse desire of Power after power, that ceaseth only in Death". ... This is what Hobbes calls natural liberty, essentially we can do anything to ensure our survival, with no fear of criticism, even moral. ... This is Locke’s understanding of natural liberty: we can only do what these laws of nature permit us to do - "these laws oblige everyone. Approximate Word count = 566 Approximate Pages = 2.3 (250 words per page double spaced)

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