Thomas Hobbes presented a disturbing vision of existence without a common authority capable of containing violence: human life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short".

Original: Thomas Hobbes apresentou uma visão perturbadora da existência sem uma autoridade comum capaz de conter a violência: a vida humana seria “solitária, pobre, sórdida, brutal e curta”.

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