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Jean-Jacques Rousseau shared many beliefs with other great thinkers of the Age of Reason and of the Enlightenment era. However, on one point he differed from most of them. Which point was that?
Rousseau believed that equality was not possible, even in a perfect world.
Rousseau believed that government was always evil.
Rousseau believed that human nature is essentially good.
Rousseau believed that no god exists unless humans create one.
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Rousseau believed that human nature is essentially good.
He argued that people are naturally virtuous (the "noble savage") and are corrupted by society and its institutions, a view that contrasted with many contemporaries who saw humans as more self-interested or prone to vice.
He argued that people are naturally virtuous (the "noble savage") and are corrupted by society and its institutions, a view that contrasted with many contemporaries who saw humans as more self-interested or prone to vice.
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