Chapter 7

The school of Rousseau considers man by nature wholly good 76 Other schools maintain that he is absolutely depraved 76 Exaggerations of these schools 78 The restraining conscience distinctively human.--Comparison with the animals 79 Reality of human depravity.--Illustrated by war 81 Large amount of pure malevolence.--Political crime.--The press 83 Mendacity in finance 85 The sane view of human character 86 We learn with age to value restraints, to expect moderately and value compromise 86