All rational action is in the first place individual action. Only the individual thinks. Only the individual reasons. Only the individual acts.
The philosophy commonly called individualism is a philosophy of social cooperation and the progressive intensification of the social nexus.
Once it has been perceived that the division of labour is the essence of society, nothing remains of the antithesis between individual and society. The contradiction between individual principle and social principle disappears.
The distinctive principle of Western social philosophy is individualism.
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