Children were viewed as noble savages with an intrinsic plan for orderly, healthy growth by the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the 18th century. Stage and maturation are ideas that are part of Rousseau's philosophy.
A fictionalized representation of an uncivilized man, the noble savage represents the inherent goodness of a person who has not been subjected to civilization's corrupting forces.
A recurring motif in Romantic literature from the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writings, is the exaltation of the noble barbarian. For instance, Émile, ou, De l' education, 4 vol. (1762), is a lengthy essay on the corrupting effects of conventional education; Confessions (written in 1765–1770), an autobiography, affirms the fundamental idea of human goodness; and Dreams of noble savages a Solitary Walker (written in 1777–1778), a book of nature descriptions and man's natural reaction to them, are both found in Dreams of a Solitary Walker.
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