noble savage

The example he most often used to support his argument was that of the noble savage.

The noble savage is described as having a natural existence.

To some they are noble savages, and to others simply savage.

Could be that they all live happily ever after like noble savages.

This concept is crucial to the notion of the noble savage.

I've no romantic illusions about the simple life and the noble savage.

"I'll keep it in mind, boss, but I still want to know why you brought that noble savage here.

It is written that the noble savage must never express surprise in the presence of the white.

The Church talked of the salvation of the noble savage.

Mine are no new views of the noble savage.

In other words, white men bring corruption; the myth of the noble savage persists.

They were somewhat alike, and in her mind she characterized them both as noble savages.

At what point does admiration for the noble savage become condescending and sentimental?

Inflicted the idea of the natural man or the noble savage on the rest of the world.

What did the noble savages have that I didn't?

Proles had long been the noble savages of the sensitive classes.

The noble savage stereotype is famous, but American colonists held other stereotypes as well.

Nor did he go to the Rousseau extreme, saying that we're basically noble savages.

For their pains, they were written off as sentimental adulators of the noble savage.

He is clearly portrayed as a noble savage.

Discusses the problem of evil and argues against the idea of the noble savage.

Yet the phrase "noble savage" does not occur in any of Rousseau's writings.

After centuries of genocide, the Brazilian government finally decided it was time to protect its "noble savages."

The early settler's diary speaks of meeting the noble savages who lived in the area.

Even the noblest savage can give way to deviousness, should the occasion arise.