Myth of the Noble savage
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title:
Myth of the Noble savage
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In Western anthropology, philosophy, and literature, the Myth of the Noble savage refers to a stock character who is uncorrupted by civilization. As such, the "noble" savage symbolizes the innate goodness and moral superiority of a primitive people living in harmony with Nature. In the heroic drama of the stageplay The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards (1672), John Dryden represents the noble savage as an archetype of Man-as-Creature-of-Nature. The intellectual politics of the Stuart Restorat
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_the_Noble_savage
date created:
2002-02-25T15:51:15Z
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2024-09-07T17:41:33Z
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