Entre l'Emile de Jean-Jacques Rousseau et Paul et Virginie de Bernardin de Saint Pierre : un refus constant de la civilisation :

Abstract

At the end of the eighteenth century, French thinkers including Rousseau and St. Pierre, began to question European civilization. In their most important works, both authors speak of European society in a very banal way. They invite, for against, to Solitude and isolation in nature to avoid corruption of the soul by worldly society. These writers-thinkers believe that the company can spoil the humanity of the individual. They suggest through the innocent images of their main characters living in the countryside, an ideal world where there is only purity and chastity. In both works we have chosen (Paul et Virginie of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre and Emile of Jean-Jacques Rousseau), the authors find that human happiness reside in these conditions.Keywords: Nature, isolation, happiness, civilization, wisdom and city