song anything he liketh; so long are all men in the condition of war. But if other men will not lay down their right, as well as he, then there is no reason for anyone to divest (divest (v.)remove; cast off] himself of his: for that were to expose himself to prey __ Thomas Hobbes, The Leviathan, Chapter 14 Recap Questions 1.According to Hobbes , if people choose to live by just their natural rights alone, then they may be a.subject to a condition of war. b. able to follow their own reason. exempt from the laws of their society.