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Full Idea
Man is a being meant for society (though he is also an unsociable one).
Gist of Idea
Man is both social, and unsociable
Source
Immanuel Kant (Metaphysics of Morals II:Doctrine of Virtue [1797], 471 I.II)
Book Ref
Kant,Immanuel: 'The Metaphysics of Morals', ed/tr. Gregor,Mary [CUP 1991], p.263
A Reaction
A striking contrast with Aristotle in Idea 5133. It is the difference between the communitarian and the liberal views of society. The latter values privacy and good fences.
Related Idea
Idea 5133 Man is by nature a social being [Aristotle]