It is this state of confusion which will be specifically addressed within this tractate. We are an amazing specie. Confining humanity to the restrictions of a closed space does something to our psyche. It does not matter if the confines are physical or abstract, the results are the same. Confinement generates an overpowering need to 'escape', to once again 'breath' the air of expansiveness, to 'breath' the air of freedom, to 'breath' the air of the 'open spaces', to journey unimpeded.
Confinement can be physical or abstract.
Whatever the form of confinement, humankind has always attempted to throw off the oppressive weight, throw off the yoke of confinement. The desire to be free becomes our obsession, our driving force. Perhaps the most significant, the most visible, means we have of throwing off the yoke of confinement is characterized through active vs. passive action. Genocide, spousal abuse, infanticide, obscene language, ostracism, proselytizing, abortion, incarceration, etc. Humanity appears to have an innate desire not to be 'cornered', not to be 'boxed in', not to be 'placed under', not to be confined 'by' someone or something.