When1: 1887
Who: Ferdinand Tonnies [Tonnies, Ferdinand]
What: sociologist
Where: Germany
works\ Community and Society [1887]
Detail: He lived 1855 to 1936. Human will depends on either instinctive force {essential will} or reasoned purpose or goal {arbitrary will}. Communities {Gemeinschaft}, such as cities and states, can depend on essential will, to gain essential needs. Societies {Gesellschaft}, such as families and neighborhoods, can form to reach goals.
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