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Who is The Poor 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 Poor | The First and Second Discourses: By Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Answered by Jill W on 19 May 12:16

Rousseau saw the oppression of the European poor as a result of those that rules over them (the wealthy and the magistrate). He believed that they were rules to such a degree that they would have been better off as savages.

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The First and Second Discourses: By Jean-Jacques Rousseau