“In Western anthropology, philosophy, and literature, the noble savage is a stock character who is uncorrupted by civilization. As such, the noble savage symbolizes the innate goodness and moral superiority of a primitive people living in harmony with Nature.”
“John Dryden represents the noble savage as an archetype of Man-as-Creature-of-Nature.”
“I am as free as nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began,
When wild in woods the noble savage ran.” – John Dryden