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state of nature



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There are those who think it’s about man in a state of nature, what we are capable of when society is made primal around us.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Even as he appealed to the state of nature, though, Rousseau questioned whether it could ever be recovered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

For Hobbes, the state of nature was so violent and chaotic that rational individuals would readily consent to the authority of an absolute monarch to establish law and order.

From Slate • May 9, 2024

And if there’s freedom, it is the false freedom of the state of nature, in which our weapons are always pointed and our eyes are fixed upon one another.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023

There is something very grotesque in the appearance of all the Puff birds; and their habits, in a state of nature, are no less singular.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William




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