Political Science · Western Political Thought
As per Rousseau, human life in the state of nature was?
AA war of all against all
BFrugal, lazy, contented and peaceful ✓ Correct
CNasty, poor, brutish and short
DSociable and peaceful but inconvenient
Correct answer: (B) Frugal, lazy, contented and peaceful — For Rousseau, the state of nature was frugal, contented and peaceful.
Explanation
★For Rousseau, the state of nature was frugal, contented and peaceful.
★He pictured the natural human as a noble savage.
★This person was simple, self-sufficient and at peace.
★The war of all against all is Hobbes' view, not Rousseau's.
★The nasty, brutish and short life is also Hobbes' description.
★The sociable but inconvenient state of nature is Locke's view.
★So Rousseau's natural state was frugal, contented and peaceful.
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