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Origins of the Family. Chapter 2 (IV)

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Origins of the Family: Chapter 2 (IV)

Origins of the Family. Chapter 2 (IV) Frederick Engels Origins of the Family, Private Property, and the State II. The Family 4. The Monogamous Family It develops out of the pairing family, as previously shown, in the transitional period between the upper and middle stages of barbarism; its decisive victory is one of the signs that civilization is beginning. It is based on the supremacy of the man, the express purpose being to produce children of undisputed paternity; such paternity is demanded because these children are later to come into their father’s property as his natural heirs. It

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