"Life in the state of nature
is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
by:
Thomas Hobbes
(1588-1679) English philosopher, political theorist
Source:
his book, Leviathan
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After seeing the movie Into The Wild this weekend, this quote came instantly to mind.
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    I have recently seen it as..." The life of man is..." which is the original?
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