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They feared satellites powerful enough to zoom in on individuals, capturing close-ups that might differentiate adults from children or suited sunbathers from those in a state of nature.

The undead would be the perfect excuse for society to start anew, so Solberg created a catastrophe that causes the government to collapse and leaves society in a state of nature.

In 1773, they wrote in what are known as the Sheffield Resolves that “Mankind in a state of nature are equal, free, and independent of each other.”

Are humans, in a state of nature, good or evil?

“In another work I shall discuss, if time and health permit, the variability of organic beings in a state of nature,” Darwin had written in 1868.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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