Section 4

Societies


Chapter 1

Introduction

What is going to be said in this section, of course, presupposes what was said on society in general in the preceding section. There may be some things that need to be repeated, but I will try to keep repetition to a minimum.

We are dealing here with specific societies, in other words, but, with the exception of the economic society of the firm with employees, we are going to be talking of what are called the "natural societies," those demanded for one reason or another simply because human beings are human. These are marriage, the family, and civil society; and we will see in what follows how each of these is necessary and in what sense.

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