 | Everyman knows that he is stronger then certain of his fellows and weaker than others; that, living alone in a state of complete anarchy, he would be the scourge of the weaker and the victim of the stronger, and would live in perpetual fear. That is why in every society, even the crudest, the majority of men give up terrorizing the weaker so as to be less afraid of the stronger―such is the universal formula of social order. |
As quoted in Communitas. The Origin and Destiny of Community by Roberto Esposito, trans. by Thimothy Campbell, Standford: Stanford University Press, [1998]2010, p. 24
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