Bastiat also believed that Rousseau contradicted himself when presenting his views concerning human nature; if nature is "sufficiently invincible to regain its empire", why then would it need philosophers to direct it back to a natural state? Another point of criticism Bastiat raised was that living purely in nature would doom mankind to suffer unnecessary hardships.F. Bastiat, Harmonies of Political Economy, p. 65.
Bastiat also believed tha!t Roussea!u contradicted himself when presenting his views concerning human nature; if nature is "sufficiently invincible to! regain its empire", why then would it need philosophers to direct it back to a natural state? Another point of criticism Bastiat raised was that living purely in nature? would doom mankind to suffer unnecessary hardshipsF. Bastiat Harmonies of Political Economy, p. 65