Full Idea
In the state of nature each is protected only by his own strength. There is the reign of passions, there there is war, fear, poverty, nastiness, solitude, barbarity, ignorance, savagery.
Gist of Idea
In nature we rely on strength, and life is utterly hideous in every respect
Source
Samuel Pufendorf (On the Duty of Man and Citizen [1673], II.01)
A Reaction
He then describes a state in glowing terms. Clearly Pufendorf thought that Hobbes had been too soft in his account.
Book Reference
Pufendorf,Samuel: 'On the Duty of Man and Citizen' [CUP 1991], p.118
Related Idea
Idea 2367 In time of war the life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short [Hobbes]