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To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (117564)	12/18/2000 5:22:26 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

Rousseau mainly gave voice to a sentiment which is understandable in a decadent, overly mannered, hypocritical, and viciously competitive society. One projects the opposite qualities onto those who are not at the apex of civilization (i.e., the French court). Non-courtiers are vigorous, straightforward, sincere, and full of human sympathy and cooperativeness. Thus, "natural" man is more benevolent than "social" man, and the trick is to get the advantages of civilization without giving up one's soul. It is all quite a priori, and based on revulsion at a transient historical situation, ie, the decay of the aristocracy as a viable social class, and the anachronism of absolute monarchy.......