The most irreducible, or bio-historically original, meaning of the term 'society' is to that unit of multiple-human relationship without which there could be no other kinds of multiple-human relationship: male and female, one man and one woman, compatible as mates and as companions. The civil institution of [[marriage]] is for the preservation of that unit, within a world in which there exists ontological disharmonies between individuals. | The most irreducible, or bio-historically original, meaning of the term 'society' is to that unit of multiple-human relationship without which there could be no other kinds of multiple-human relationship: male and female, one man and one woman, compatible as mates and as companions. The civil institution of [[marriage]] is for the preservation of that unit, within a world in which there exists ontological disharmonies between individuals. |