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The passage is "To understand political power right, and derive it from its original, we must consider, what state all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depending upon the will of any other man. - John Locke"
ans is to explain life without government
If the passage is as mentioned the one from John Locke, then its purpose is to explain life without government.