Filosofía del " Buen salvaje". Florello de Loaisel de Tréogate

  1. Vicente-Yagüe Jara, Antonio José de
Journal:
Estudios románicos

ISSN: 0210-4911

Year of publication: 2010

Issue: 19

Pages: 255-280

Type: Article

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Abstract

In the 18th century, the word «savage» was regarded as praise rather than a disdainful term. The simple but natural life of the primitive man is happier than the artifi cial life of the civilised man. The noble savage has indeed a supreme possession: freedom. In the work of Loaisel de Tréogate (1752-1812) we can see Rousseau’s philosophy about happiness, ruled by nature and good sense. Like Rousseau or Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Loaisel states that nature is good and society easily debases innocent unaware souls. Nature represents a reasonable order. Straying from it leads to physical and moral disorder.

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