whether written or unwritten would seem to make no difference, nor whether they are laws providing for the education of individuals or of groups-any more than it does in the case of music or gymnastics and other such pursuits. For as in cities laws and prevailing types of character have force, so in households do the injunctions and the habits of the father, and these have even more because of the tie of blood and the benefits he confers; for the children start with a natural affection and disposition to obey. Further, private education has an advantage over public, as private medical treatment has;
(1180b) Eta badirudi ez litzatekeela ezertan bereiziko legeak idatziak ala ez idatziak balira, ezta gizaki bakar bat ala gizaki asko hezteko balira ere, musikari, gimnastikari edo gainerako jarduerei gertatu bezala. Izan ere, hirietan legeek eta ohiturek indarra duten bezala, horrela ere etxeetan (5) aitaren esanak eta usadioek, eta are gehiago kasu horretan, ahaidetasunagatik eta onurengatik, umeak aita maitzatzeko eta men egiteko aurrez jarrita baitaude berez.