“During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe they are in that condition which is called war and such a war as is of every man against every man”
— Thomas Hobbes
Simplified Meaning:
When people do not have a shared authority or leader keeping them in check, they end up fighting each other all the time. This leads to everyone being against everyone else in a constant state of conflict.
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