Question

Which of the following philosophers believed that, in the state of nature, man's life was "nasty, brutish, and short?"

Answer 1

Thomas Hobbes
He was the one who believed that the state of nature, mans life was “nasty, brutish, and short”

Answer 2

Thomas Hobbes
In this state, every person has a natural right to do anything one thinks necessary for preserving one's own life, and life is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" (Leviathan, Chapters XIII–XIV).