A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Part I.
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The Fear of Nature
An illustrious philosopher thinks on the contrary, in Cumberland and Pupendorf likewise a firm helmet, that nothing is more fearful than man in a state of nature. But savage man living among other animals without any society or fixed habitation, soon makes a comparison between both,. and finds that he surpasses them more in address than they surpass him in strength. Turn out a bear or a wolf against a sturdy, active, resolute savage, and this they all are, provided with stones and a good stick.
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