Early men preferred paternal rule because it protected rather than restrained them.

Evidence

It is no wonder that they made no distinction betwixt minority and full age; nor looked after one and twenty, or any other age that might make them the free disposers of themselves and fortunes, when they could have no desire to be out of their pupilage: the government they had been under, during it, continued still to be more their protection than restraint; and they could no where find a greater security to their peace, liberties, and fortunes, than in the rule of a father. — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 89

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Political and paternal power are distinct in foundation and end, not the same thing. — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 84; Early domination stemmed from personal superiority absent pre-existing social organization — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 7189

Related

• Early domination stemmed from personal superiority absent pre-existing social organization (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Early domination stemmed from personal superiority absent pre-existing social organization #corroborates (0.80) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 7189