states of nature

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states of nature

  1. plural of state of nature
    • 1873, John Morley, Rousseau, volume 1, page 178:
      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.