Resumen

LOVEJOY, Arthur. MONBODDO Y ROUSSEAU (1933). Rev. filos. [online]. 2007, vol.63, pp. 171-194. ISSN 0718-4360.  doi: 10.4067/S0718-43602007000100013.

The mi ork—here published for the first time in Spanish translation— presents the main theses maintained by Monboddo and Rousseau regarding the nature of higher primates. This subject-matter motivated a long and deep discussion throughout the 18^th century, and triggered the first evolutionist intuitions later developed by Charles Darwin.

Palabras clave : Monboddo; Rousseau; primates; state of nature; evolutionism.