Strona 480 z 734

But there is another form of Friendship, that, namely, in which

the one party is superior to the other; as between father and

son, elder and younger, husband and wife, ruler and ruled. These

also differ one from another: I mean, the Friendship between

parents and children is not the same as between ruler and the

ruled, nor has the father the same towards the son as the son

towards the father, nor the husband towards the wife as she

towards him; because the work, and therefore the excellence, of

each of these is different, and different therefore are the

causes of their feeling Friendship; distinct and different

therefore are their feelings and states of Friendship.

And the same results do not accrue to each from the other, nor in

fact ought they to be looked for: but, when children render to

their parents what they ought to the authors of their being, and

parents to their sons what they ought to their offspring, the

Friendship between such parties will be permanent and equitable.