Book I, Chapter 2
Argues the family is the most ancient society and the only natural one, against patriarchalist defenses of monarchy (Filmer).
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From The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The family is the only natural society, and even it dissolves once children no longer need their father; all other authority rests on convention.
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