Noble Savage

In English, the term noble savage first appeared in a herioc play called, "The Conquest of Granada" in 1672 bt the poet Dryden. The concept of a noble savage is believed to be created by the Greeks and Romans. The Earl of Shaftesbury believed that humans have a moral sense that is natural and is based on feelings resulting from a religion. In 1906, a Russian explorer named Vladimir Arsenyev wrote a memoir that was based on a life of a Siberian Nanai hunter who saved the lives of Vladidmirs companions on many occassions in the wilderness of Manchuria. But the Siberian was unable to adjust to life in the city. I believe the reason behind this is because, like the concept of a noble savage, tribal people were at one with nature and were naturally innocent unlike western civilization.