The true student of politics, too, is thought to have studied virtue above all things; for he wishes to make his fellow citizens good and obedient to the laws. As an example of this we have the lawgivers of the Cretans and the Spartans, and any others of the kind that there may have been.
Eta badirudi benetako politikariak ere bertutea lantzen duela bereziki, hiritarrak onak eta legeen esanekoak egin nahi baititu (10) (horien eredua legegile kretarrak eta lazedemoniarrak ditugu, eta, izan baldin badira, antzeko beste guztiak).