In such condition, there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain; and consequently no culture of the earth, no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth, no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

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Madelyn Jarvis

20 December, 19:37

In such condition, there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain; and consequently no culture of the earth, no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth, no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

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Raiden Gregory · Answer 1

The answer is false because, even though Hobbes offered this opinion in Leviathan Chapter VI, he didn't mean that it would happen, or that it is possible; he was only giving an opinion about what could happen in nature, and the reality that could fall on mankind if laws, regulations and conventions are taken away from society: without a government, things could get our of hand, and life could be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.