Socii, and shows in an interesting manner what may be called the lines
of approach of individuals to one another in society. Sometimes the
approach is by means of conflict, and the writer shows how this may be
a preparation for peaceful relations through the insight it gives into
opposing points of view. He distinguishes between primary and
secondary conflict--the first being a struggle in which one individual
violently strives to suppress or subdue an opposing personality, the
second a mere trial of differing opinions and tastes, leading often to
a profitable readjustment of individual standpoints.