The noble savage, as if we'd lost something valuable in our long evolution
into civilized human beings.
Not exact matches
Given the right conditions for growth, people of any shade of skin, any religion, or any nationality can develop
into capable, cultivated, and
civilized human beings.
It can, in other words, position itself as a pedagogue, upstream of the actual member state legislatures, declaring as a matter of Europe - wide policy what
is or
is not a
human right, and «calling on» member states to bring their legislation
into line with what
are now the
human rights norms that every
civilized nation agrees on.
As
human beings are we not bought
into the «social contract» — that there
are expectations as we take our place in a
civilized society?
He naturally loses, therefore, the habit of such exertion, and generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it
is possible for a
human creature to become... In every improved and
civilized society this
is the state
into which the labouring poor, that
is, the great body of the people must necessarily fall, unless government takes some pains to prevent it» (The Wealth of Nations Vol.
It wasn't until
humans moved past the hunter - gatherer years and
into the age of
civilized society that marriage and relationships really took on a new role.