As a consequence of our appetites and aversions dictating our lives, we are inevitably brought in to this state of nature by means of three principle causes contributing to conflict: competition, diffidence, and glory. ... The underlying forces that dictate human life through these appetites and aversions are: life itself, pleasures or comforts, and power. ... His argument can be divided into three principle causes that lead to conflict: the unavoidable rise of competition amongst humans, the inherent diffidence or lack of trust in others, and the need to seek glory. ... The desires for securi...

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It is the duty of a patriot to prefer and promote the exclusive interest and glory of his native country; but a philosopher may be permitted to enlarge his views, and to consider Europe as one great republic, whose various inhabitants have attained almost the same level of politeness and cultivation. The balance of power will continue to fluctuate, and the prosperity of our own or the neighboring kingdoms may be alternately exalted or depressed; but these partial events cannot essentially injure our general state of happiness, the system of arts, and laws, and manners, which so advantageously ...

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