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The purpose of this article is to discuss the essay by Arinos de Melo Franco: The Brazilian Indian and the French Revolution - The Brazilian origins of the theory of natural goodness , questioning, to this date, the perspectives on Native Brazilians that coalesced in the Western imagination and that the author details over the long term, from a dual standpoint: exaltation and denial.||The purpose of this article is to discuss the essay by Arinos de Melo Franco: The Brazilian Indian and the French Revolution - The Brazilian origins of the theory of natural goodness , questioning, to this date, the perspectives on Native Brazilians that coalesced in the Western imagination and that the author details over the long term, from a dual standpoint: exaltation and denial.||O propósito deste artigo é refletir sobre o ensaio de Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco: O Índio brasileiro e a Revolução Francesa – As origens brasileiras da teoria da bondade natural, problematizando, ainda, as perspectivas sobre o indígena que se amalgamaram no imaginário ocidental e que o autor arrola na longa duração, a partir de uma dupla matriz: a exaltação e a denegação.
