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“In such condition [the state of nature] 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 knowledge of the face of the earth; no… society, and, which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death.” - Hobbes

According to Hobbes, what would not exist in a state of nature?

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Society

Step-by-step explanation:

Hobbes was a political philosopher who argued the necessity of a "social contract" (a government). Governments provide order and security. Without a government, the Earth would exist in a "state of nature", of lawlessness and chaos, and no society can exist in that type of environment.

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