To: Killborn
Hobbes on man in the state of nature:
"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."
12 posted on
07/18/2006 8:03:21 AM PDT by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Cicero
Bingo. Hobbes nailed the nature of man better than all the pointy heads in the world combined.
14 posted on
07/18/2006 8:06:17 AM PDT by
Killborn
(Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
To: Cicero
The same thought entered my mind as soon as I read the piece. I was surprised that Steyn didn't include the quote from Hobbes. It would have made a perfect ending.
55 posted on
07/18/2006 8:54:48 AM PDT by
kabar
To: Cicero
"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." Oh, good grief! Why must everything end up having to do with the Palestinians?
72 posted on
07/18/2006 9:22:22 AM PDT by
yankeedame
("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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