BOOK III PART II
particular art; and as his force and success are
not at all times equal, the least failure in either
of these particulars must be attended with in-
evitable ruin and misery. Society provides a
remedy for these three inconveniences. By the
conjunction of forces, our power is augmented:
By the partition of employments, our ability
encreases: And by mutual succour we are less
exposed to fortune and accidents. It is by this
additional force, ability, and security, that soci-
ety becomes advantageous.
But in order to form society, it is requisite not
only that it be advantageous, but also that men
be sensible of these advantages; and it is impos-
sible, in their wild uncultivated state, that by
study and reflection alone, they should ever be
able to attain this knowledge. Most fortunately,
therefore, there is conjoined to those necessi-