 | Petar Vlahović - 1982 - 124 דפים
...enlightment of 18 th century Europe and Jean Jacques Rousseau's concept of the noble savage. He wrote: »They may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon the earth; but in reality they are far more happier than are Europeans; being wholly unacquainted not... | |
 | René Jules Dubos - 1987 - 296 דפים
...flattering account that Cook gave of the Australian aborigines with whom he first came into contact in 1771. They may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon earth; but in reality they are far more happy than we Europeans. . . . They live in a tranquillity which is not disturbed by the inequality... | |
 | J. C. Beaglehole - 1992 - 828 דפים
...that he had spent the voyage reading Rousseau : 'From what I have said of the Natives of NewHolland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people...they are far more happier than we Europeans; being wholy unacquainted not only with the superfluous but the necessary Conveniencies so much sought after... | |
 | Bernard Smith - 1992 - 290 דפים
...of Tahitian life.13 Concerning the aborigines of the Endeavour River he had already written, 'they appear to some to be the most wretched people upon...Earth, but in reality they are far more happier than we Europeans'.14 What was impressive about the Tasmanians was their utter ignorance of firearms and the... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 דפים
...PETER CAREY (b. 1943). Australian author. City Limits (London, 7April 1988). 3 From what I have said of , happier than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous, but with the necessary... | |
 | Philip Edwards - 1994 - 272 דפים
...cease. It is notable that Hawkesworth totally omits Cook's reflections on the aborigines of Australia. They may appear to some to be the most wretched people...they are far more happier than we Europeans; being wholy unacquainted not only with the superfluous but the necessary Conveniencies so much sought after... | |
 | Stuart Macintyre - 1999 - 340 דפים
...quoted, attests to the European Enlightenment apprehension of the noble savage: From what I have said of the Natives of New Holland, they may appear to some...they are far more happier than we Europeans; being wholy unacquainted not only with the superfluous but the necessary Conveniences so much sought after... | |
 | Alan Frost - 1999 - 244 דפים
...understanding had increased so much that he was able to write of the natives of New Holland that, though 'they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon Earth, ... in reality they are far more happier 68 than we Europeans; being wholly unacquainted not only with... | |
 | Paul Kelly - 2001 - 294 דפים
...continent. When Britain's most famous naval explorer, James Cook, sighted the Aborigines he wrote: 'they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon Earth, but in reality they are far more happy than we Europeans.' In January 1788 the first Governor of New South Wales, Arthur Phillip, raised... | |
 | Tom Hiney - 2001 - 396 דפים
...aborigine societies, but also a recognition of their dignity: 'From what I have said of the Natives they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon Earth, but in reality they are far happier than we Europeans; being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous but the necessary... | |
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From what I have said of the Natives of New Holland, they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon Earth, but in reality they are far more happier than we Europeans... 
