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Full Idea
The 'state of nature' is not an ideal condition, but a condition of injustice, of violence, of untamed natural drives, inhuman acts and emotions.
Gist of Idea
The state of nature is one of untamed brutality
Source
Georg W.F.Hegel (Introduction to the Philosophy of History [1840], 3)
Book Ref
Hegel,Georg W.F.: 'Introduction to the Philosophy of History', ed/tr. Rauch,Leo [Hackett 1988], p.43
A Reaction
He agrees with Hobbes, and disagrees with Rousseau. Hobbes's solution is authoritarian monarchy, but Hegel's solution is the unified and focused state, in which freedom can be realised.