At the top of it is the head of the household, the man, the paterfamilias.

金字塔顶端是一家之主，男人，即家长。

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And the speakers are able, presumably, to pursue the audacious arguments that will appear in the rest of the book without the oversight of the head of the household, the embodiment of conventional opinion.

众人想必，因此可以放胆发言,如我们在往后对话中所见,而不必担心一家之长的监督，惯例见解的体现。

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