In this state, men's roughly equal "natural power," insatiably acquisitive nature for power and "glory," accompanied by limited resources, lead to competition: "if any two men desire the same thing, which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy, they become enemies" (Hobbes, 4, 8, 7). ... According to Hobbes, egocentric motions without reasonable restrictions implant disparaging power that brings men to war. ... Despites a similar conclusion to Hobbes's, Smith does not insist on the destructive power of self-interest towards mankind's existence. ... In...

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