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Full Idea
Men have a desire for live together, even when they have no need to seek each other's help.
Gist of Idea
People want to live together, even when they don't want mutual help
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1278b20)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Sinclair,T.A. /Saunders,T. [Penguin 1992], p.187
A Reaction
He says that someone who doesn't want to live in community because they are wholly self-sufficient doesn't count as a normal human.