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Thomas Hobbes' state of nature is famously described as:
Aa golden age of peace
Bsolitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short
Cnaturally cooperative
Dgoverned by reason
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short
1. Hobbes wrote during the English Civil War.
2. Without sovereign authority, life devolves into a war of all against all.
3. The phrase appears in "Leviathan" (1651).
__Source: NCERT Class 11 Political Theory Ch 1 — social contract tradition__