Note 41 — Chapter III
Henry P. (Henry Pomeroy) Horton translation
The clan and the combinations of the different clans were replaced by the state. This was an organization which had for its principal end the maintenance of order as far as possible, in a society in which the interests of different groups, like those of individuals, were opposed to each other, and the regulation of this conflict of interests.41 This organization is consequently entirely different from the clan, the object of which was to take the interests of the community to heart. It is evident that in an organization like this it is the most important and influential class which comes first.