Timeline for Quote by Science Fiction writer: peace and prosperity are the exception, not the norm
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| Nov 27, 2016 at 18:41 | vote | accept | K Dog | ||
| Nov 27, 2016 at 18:41 | history | edited | Rand al'Thor♦ |
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| Nov 23, 2016 at 1:31 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/801236756431507460 | ||
| Nov 22, 2016 at 19:06 | answer | added | K Dog | timeline score: 22 | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 18:42 | comment | added | K Dog | I think it was Heinlein. | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 18:19 | comment | added | Stone True | Agree the inspiration was Hobbes - sounds like something Jerry Pournelle or Orson Scott Card would say... maybe the Ender Saga? | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 14:10 | history | edited | SQB |
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| Nov 22, 2016 at 13:46 | comment | added | K Dog | The quote is Hobbesian in effect. But it's definitely not Hobbes | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 13:44 | comment | added | Jason Baker | I know this isn't the answer, but my first thought was Thomas Hobbes: "The life of man [by nature is] solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short [...] The condition of Man is a condition of war against every one" | |
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| Nov 22, 2016 at 13:41 | history | asked | K Dog | CC BY-SA 3.0 |