Certain prerequisite conditions must exist for civil society to come into existence, however. The commons that existed in Western cities some centuries ago gave people a chance to interact, and from there they developed the habit of discussing public affairs.
但是，形成市民社會是要有條件的，在早期的西方，城市中具有的公共空間讓大家有互動的機會，進而共同對公共事務展開討論。