Hobbes attributes this to.
Comment [CB1]: 'Novel' applies to a different genre. "Text" or "work" would be more appropriate.
the fact that within the State of Nature, natural man is without government. Natural men are free, "masterlesse men, without subjection to Lawes, and a coercive Power" (Hobbes 141). Hobbes theoretical base is that everything is created by matter in motion (Hobbes 21 & 23). By Hobbes, natural man bears no natural morality but he does argue that human beings are reasonable. He believes that natural man has the rationality to fulfil his desires as well as avoid his enemies; This Hobbes refers to as "ENDEAVOURS" (Hobbes 47). "Endeavours" are the "small beginnings of Motion, within the body of Man, before they appear in walking, speaking, striking, and other visible actions" (Hobbes 47). Our two most basic motions, or "Endeavours," are, "appetite" and "aversion." "Endeavour, when it is toward something which causes it is called APPETITE" (Hobbes 47). "When the Endeavour is from ward something, it is generally called AVERSION" (Hobbes 47). The only aspect which may intervene in the simplicity and pleasure of only having these two Endeavours is that of self-preservation. From this Hobbes explains the "RIGHT OF NATURE;" (Hobbes 103) which is the right instilled by nature for man to take into his own hands any means necessary to protect and/or preserve himself. This sense and the right to act upon it becomes a vehicle for the corruption of natural man. Due to exclusive self-interest fueled by limited resources the State of Nature is synonymous to a state of war. Given these conditions in the State of Nature, Hobbes concludes that men, being naturally self-interested yet rational, will choose to submit all freedom to a sovereign authority in the hopes that this will create a civil society which is safe and therefore conducive to his own interests.
