[sparklite2]

“nasty, brutish, and short.”

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Hobbes created that phrase as a description of mankind;
it’s pretty tacky to dump it on the abos.

[NorthMountain]

The complete phrase is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short”. It was offered as a description of human life in a “state of nature”. Civilization elevates us, to some extent, above it. As Christians, we believe that the Grace of God can elevate us completely above it (and will in the next life).