Fewer, more general marriage forms allow more individual differentiation

Evidence

But even if to speak of the equality of mankind in the presence of the qualitative singularity of individuals is no more than a misuse of words, the ideal of the unity of mankind is not at all incompatible with this supposition. For one can conceive of the diversity of individuals, even if it implies neither economic production nor more generally a direct cooperation of everyone, as a kind of division of labor. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 691 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

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Related

• Individual diversity can be conceived as a division of labor among unique beings (similarity 0.88)
• Society, through the division of labour, produces more than the sum of its parts. (similarity 0.83)
• Individuality and universal equality historically arise as twin reactions to inequality (similarity 0.82)
• Individualism of equality and individualism of inequality both require large social circles. (similarity 0.82)
• Rising individuality necessarily yields belief in mankind’s ideal unity (similarity 0.81)
• Human sociality is one possibility among several, not the only lens on experience (similarity 0.80)
• Individual uniqueness as a value denies equality rather than grounds it (similarity 0.80)
• True equality among people is impossible due to inescapable uniqueness (similarity 0.79)
• No institution can fully reconcile social uniformity and individual differentiation. (similarity 0.79)
• Real social unities must be conceptually dissolved into dualities that never fully capture them (similarity 0.79)
• Inclusive universal claims arise from within the particular (similarity 0.79)
• Social types can embody an all-dominating orientation to the world (similarity 0.79)
• Modern individuality values being this specific irreplaceable person, not mere freedom (similarity 0.79)
• The eighteenth century equated individuality with freedom and assumed natural human equality (similarity 0.79)
• Simmel saw cultural evolution producing diverse incommensurable worlds, not unified humanity (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Individual diversity can be conceived as a division of labor among unique beings #qualifies (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 691