Classical
Texts & References
- Glaucus see Miller p. xi
- Ancient Sparta was a military culture that
removed the weak and infirm from society.
savage (sauvage) > native peoples, early man
- French: l'homme sauvage = savage man
- His knowledge of "the Caribs of Venezuela" (21) and
other native peoples are based on "the reports of
travellers" (24) in South America among the Orinoco (26) and
the so-called Hottentots (74 fn. 6) of southern Africa; for
further information, see Francis Moran, “Of Pongos and Men:
Orangs-Outang' in Rousseau's 'Discourse on Inequality'.”
(under Readings > Supplemental Readings).
- 74, fn. 5 + 82, fn 10: ex. of travel narrative
- Discourse about the "noble savage" (77, fn. 9, 40-1)
- Kaspar Hauser, subject of Werner Herzog's 1974
movie, The Enigma of
Kaspar Hauser (Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle): synopsis
and clip