What is. The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone. Thomas Hobbes Thomas Hobbes felt that man's nature was to be?

Thomas Hobbes believed that the natural state of man was one of conflict and competition, where everyone sought to preserve their own interests. He argued that in such a state, life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" unless there was a social contract to establish order and protect individuals from each other.