Locke asks, “What is man? What is man capable of?” (Lock, p.119) Answering that requires entering into the labyrinth of the state of nature. For Locke the state of nature is not the state of war, as it was for Hobbes. Man in the state of nature lives in perfect freedom. Free is man in this state to decide what he should want and not want, possess and not possess, within the bounds of nature. The state of nature is also the state of equality. Every person is the equal of another. Under this state of equality, men and women share things without seeking to dominate or conquer the other. It is the state of plenty.