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Who is The Noble Savage from The First and Second Discourses: By Jean-Jacques Rousseau and what is their importance? The_First_and_Second_Discourses:_By_Jean-Jacques_Rousseau English & Literature The Noble Savage | The First and Second Discourses: By Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Answered by Jill W on 19 May 12:19

Rousseau used the image of the noble savage as a device to produce his theory of human nature. He believed that human emotion, particularly, the crucial idea of amore-propre explains the survival of civilization.

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The First and Second Discourses: By Jean-Jacques Rousseau