states of nature

A form of state of nature — The way that people lived before there was any organized society.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of state of nature

    To begin with, there is no certainty as to there having ever been a state of nature of a normal and organic kind […]. There are infinitely diverse states of society, and there were probably as many diverse states of nature.

    1873, John Morley, Rousseau, volume 1, page 178
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