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"Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withol. In such condition there is no place for industry... no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear,and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish,and short." Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan According to this passage how does Thomas Hobbes feel people will act without powerful rulers? A They would work together to build a peaceful community B They would turn to violence and destruction and lead short, awful lives C They would quickly elect a leader to manage them D They would develop a complex society
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(B) They would turn to violence and destruction and lead short, awful lives