Characters from A Discourse on Inequality

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - This person is an essayist, composer, novelist and philosopher. This character's work influenced the French Revolution, French education and helped to produce the genre of modern autobiography and the French romantic novel.

The Noble Savage - This individual is an ideal of primitive man, more like a beast, and in some ways superior.

The Poor - This group of people is ruthlessly oppressed by the rich and the state, and better off as savages according to the author.

The Rich - This group of people needs the state to protect...
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