Which choice describes the purpose of this passage? To understand political power, we must consider the condition in which nature puts all men. It is a state of perfect freedom to do as they wish and dispose of themselves and their possessions as they think fit, within the bounds of the laws of nature. They need not ask permission or the consent of any other man.

A. to define political power.
B. to explain life without government
C. to explain why people dispose of their possessions
D. to outline the bounds of the laws of nature