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Is it then because men have been responsible for law that it must have been the default while they thought up law?
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You're pretty much there -- State of Nature is the default anarchy that is present when no laws or governments are there to enforce them. It is an "every man for himself" philosophy, so yes.. it is present any time there are no laws or lawkeepers to enforce them.
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