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Erroneous Identification of Rousseau with the Noble Savage

On April 15, 2012., Dwyermz changed the section about the Erroneous Indentification of Rousseau with the Noble Savage on the grounds that he personally finds Lovejoy's 1923 conclusions "controversial". This is Original Research. Dwyermz needs to find a secondary source (a reputable scholar, not a textbook that just mindlessly repeats errors), that challenges Lovejoy on the grounds that he is "controversial" - or for any other reason. and then give source and page number. Good luck with that. Virtually all scholars that I have come across accept Lovejoy's conclusions. Not only that, but Lovejoy, who was and still is the world's foremost authority on Primitivism and Related ideas, conclusively demolished the reputation of Irving Babbitt against whose attacks on Rousseau he was arguing. As far as I know, Babbitt never was able to answer Lovejoy, and he and his views have fallen into oblivion, while Lovejoy continues to be a respected figure. have restored the gist of Lovejoy's argument -- hopefully not in too much detail. Mballen (talk)

Earlier Use

See Marc Lescarbot (1609) for earlier reference. 2600:6C5A:87F:9698:8B37:974C:61EA:CF60 (talk) 14:21, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]