And inasmuch as the individual
members of society to whatever degree mutually and steadfastly enact these customs, there is an efficacious transmission, i.e., propagation,
of social order throughout
civilized society over time.
«All
civilized societies are divided into different interests and factions,» he wrote, including «debtors or creditors,» «rich or poor,» «
members of different religious sects,» «followers
of different political leaders,» «inhabitants
of different districts,» or «husbandmen, merchants or manufacturers.»