The war of all against all.
Bellum omnium contra omnes.
Philosophers
Thomas Hobbes
English philosopher (1588-1679) born prematurely as the Armada approached. "My mother gave birth to twins: myself and fear," he later wrote. Author of Leviathan (1651), founding work of modern social contract theory.
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Source: ホッブズ『市民論 (De Cive)』序文 (1642年)、後に『リヴァイアサン』第13章で英語版定式化Verified