Question

And therefore if any two men desire the same thing, which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy, they become enemies; and in the way to their End, . . . endeavour to destroy, or subdue one an other. [Hence, life in the state of nature is] . . . nasty, brutish, and short.
Hobbes calls life in the state of nature “nasty, brutish, and short,” because

A) people are powerless and weak.
B) government is overbearing and abusive.
C) government is powerless and useless.
D) people must constantly fight enemies.

Answer 1

D) people must constantly fight enemies.

I think this is the answer because he says that all people are equal in mind and body and this equality enables them to fight other people when they want something.

Answer 2

D.

Hobbes had a very pessimistic view of society, and as a result, he believed that all people are inherently evil.