The Paradox of Civilization

Rousseau's view was that this progress of civilization brings with it a kind of dependence on the opinion of others. So he draws a contrast between Amour des Squaw, self-preservation sentiment, and self-love in its benign sense. He says we become entirely driven by our Amour propre, which is always leading us to be in a competition with others. All of this has one key origin in Rousseau. For Hobbes, when you get outside society, life is pretty grim,. Is that how Rousseau sees this state of nature?