Answer: 1. Belief in natural goodness of man, that man in a state of nature would behave well but is hindered by civilization. The figure of the “Noble Savage” is an outgrowth of this idea.
2. Sincerity, spontaneity, and faith in emotion as markers of truth. (Doctrine of sensibility)
3. Belief that what is special in a man is to be valued over what is representative; delight in self-analysis.
He describes himself saying - Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war: this fame has gone abroad to the sky's rim. He describes himself in a way that is very cocky and arrogant.
