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The Arguments Of Thomas Hobbes State Of Nature

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Hobbes claims that humans are, by nature, selfish and violent, seeking to fulfill their desires by any means necessary. One of the arguments of Hobbes’s state of nature is based on power. For him, there are natural and instrumental powers. These powers are using to acquire more power. This situation, which is most expressive in the state of nature, requires for an authority to force people into submission, in order to establish peace and order, therefore providing security and freedom to accomplish goals with peaceful means. So, it is not wrong to say that human beings naturally desire the power to live well and that they will never be satisfied with the power they have without acquiring more power. Thus, as the above mentions, by naturally,
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