Equality (gt; of vulnerability: quot;The weakest hath enough strength to kill the strongestquot;) 3. Scarcity. gt; Nature doesnquot;t give us...

2. Equality (> of vulnerability: "The weakest hath enough strength to kill the strongest") 3. Scarcity. > Nature doesn"t give us everything we want > But this is in principle ameliorable - e.g. by cooperation 4. Nonaltruism: we don"t necessarily love people in general > They prefer themselves and some few loved ones > people will "invade and despoil" others if it came to a conflict 5. Amorality > No natural conscience -morality is artificial Why do these lead to "war"? Claim: During the time men live without a common Power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called War - of every man, against every man (War, consists not in actual fighting, but in the known disposition thereto, when there is no assurance to the contrary) >> All other time is Peace (nothing fancier needed) The "Payoff" of the War: ".. "the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." Status of S of N ideas: Was there ever such a time? [(1) turns out to be problematic and probab