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You and I

“PHILOSOPHER: Community feeling is also referred to as “social interest,” that is to say, “interest in society.” So now I have a question for you: Do you know what society’s smallest unit is, from the point of view of sociology?

YOUTH: Society’s smallest unit, huh? I’d say the family.

PHILOSOPHER: No, it is “you and I.” When there are two people, society emerges in their presence, and community emerges there too.”

Excerpt From: Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga. “The Courage to Be Disliked.” Atria, 2018-05-08. Apple Books.

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