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Rousseau argued that humans are inherently good in their "state of nature." However, he acknowledged that a genuine state of nature likely exists only as an ideal or a benchmark for comparison. How did he address the gap between this ideal and actual reality?

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13 Apr 2023
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Rousseau recognized that the pure "state of nature" was more theoretical than real. To reconcile this, he opted to set aside factual inconsistencies, viewing them as not impacting the philosophical question at hand.

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