Rousseau’s understanding of innate goodness corrupted by history Voltaire’s work Candide Rousseau’s theory of social contract
The French Revolution is based on several Enlightenment principles of its period. Rousseau's idea of the "good savage" is one of them. He also sought its foundations in the idea of a social contract, of the same thinker. Of Voltaire's possible contributions only the mention of Candide is correct.
