... such arguments in order to validly asses Hobbes' views on human nature and the political conclusions that these subsequently led to. In Leviathan, Hobbes goes into vivid description of how he perceives life would be in the absence of a strong sovereign. He terms such a condition as a 'state of nature'. In such, all men must compete for power and resources, and no one is safe from acts of deceit and violence from another. "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." (Hobbes in Wotten, pg170-171) Hobbes therefore argues that life can be nothing but 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short', in this 'state of nature'. Hobbes' principal belief, being that of a strong sovereign, is apparent throughout his work. ...

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