My (Burr Cook) ancestors, the Gates family, a large number of which are buried at Hopewell, were early settlers in the area, coming from Keene NH. Route 20, passing through the middle of the township, was at that time a log road and the first toll turnpike in the state long before the thruway was thought of.
State of Nature. State of nature refers to a condition in which there is no established political authority. It is essentially a state of complete freedom. Political theorists have used it to better understand human nature and, typically, to justify the rationality of a particular type of government.
The state of nature in Hobbes and Lockeâs philosophy. Thomas Hobbes was a negative conception of the state of nature, as it represents a state of permanent war, a continuing risk to the individual. First, the human being is drawn equal to the next. The body, can dominate all the other regardless of the means used by the vital force or pettiness.